Stretching the Truth
I told my husband that I wanted to keep our outside pool heated all year so that I could lose weight by swimming every day.
“Whales swim from Alaska to Chile,” he retorted, “and they don’t loose an ounce.”
Angie Papadakis
Vocabulary Help
- stretch – esticar
- truth – verdade
- tell (tell, told, told) – contar
- husband – marido
- outside – do lado de fora
- pool – piscina
- heated – aquecida
- lose weight – perder peso
- swim – nadar
- whales – baleias
- ounce – onca (unidade de peso)