Finding one of her students making faces at others on the playground, Ms. Smith stopped to gently reprimand the child. Smiling sweetly, the Sunday school teacher said:

— Johnny, when I was a little girl, I was told if that I made ugly faces, it would freeze and I would stay like that.

Little Johnny looked up and replied:

— Well, Ms Smith, you can’t say you weren’t warned.

Vocabulary Help

  • find (find, found, found) – encontrar
  • freeze – congelar
  • look up – olhar para cima
  • make face – fazer careta
  • reply – responder
  • reprimand – repreender
  • smile – sorrir, sorriso
  • stay like that – ficar daquele jeito
  • Sunday school – escola dominical
  • sweetly – docemente
  • ugly face – cara feia, careta
  • you can’t say you weren’t warned – você não pode dizer que não foi avisada