It was Jimmy’s birthday, and he was five years old. He got
quite a lot of nice birthday presents from his family, and one of them was a
beautiful big drum.
“Who gave him that things?’, Jimmy’s father said when he saw
it.
“His grandfather did” answered Jimmy’s mother.
“Oh”. Sad Jimmy’s father.
Of course, Jimmy liked his drum very much. He made a terrible
noise with it, but his mother did not mind. His father was working during the
day, and Jimmy was in bed when he got home in evening, so he did not hear the
noise.
But one of the neighbours did not like the noise a all. So
one morning a few days later, she took a sharp knife and went to Jimmy’s house
while he was hitting his drum. She said to him, “Hullo, Jimmy. Do you know,
there’s something very nice inside your drum. Here’s a knife. Open the drum and
let’s find it”.