Today I went to a barber’s shop for a shave. The barber asked me to put a small wooden ball in my mouth so he could get a closer shave around my cheeks.

I asked: “But what if I swallow the ball?”

He replied: “No problem sir, you just bring it back tomorrow like everybody else.”

Vocabulary Help

  • barber’s shop – barbearia
  • bring (bring, brought, brought) – trazer
  • bring it back – traga de volta
  • cheek – bochecha
  • go (go, went, gone) – ir
  • like everybody else – como todos os outros
  • reply – responder
  • shave – barbear
  • small wooden ball – bola pequena de madeira
  • swallow – engolir
  • today – hoje