a funny thing happened to me last friday. i'd gone to london to do some shopping. i wanted to get some christmas presents, and i needed to find some books for my course at school (you see, i'm a student). i caught an early train to london so by early afternoon i'd bought everything that i wanted. anyway, i'm not very fond of london, all the noise and traffic, and i'd made some arrangements for that evening. so, i took a taxi to waterloo station. i can't really afford taxis, but i wanted to get the 3:30 train. unfortunately the taxi got stuck in a traffic jam, and by the time i got to waterloo, the train had just gone. i had to wait an hour for the next one. i bought an evening newspaper the 'standard', and wandered over to the station buffet. at that time of day it's nearly empty, so i bought a coffee and a packet of biscuits--chocolate biscuits. i'm yew fond of chocolate biscuits. there were plenty of empty tables and i found one near the window. i sat down and began doing the crossword. enjoy doing crossword puzzles.

　　after a couple of minutes a man sat down opposite me. there was nothing special about him, except that he was very tall. in fact he looked like a typical city businessman--you know, dark suit and briefcase. i didn't say anything and i carried on with my crossword. suddenly he reached across the table, opened my packet of biscuits, took one, dipped it into his coffee and popped it into his mouth, i couldn't believe my eyes! i was too shocked to say any thing. anyway, i didn't want to make a fuss, so i decided to ignore it. i always avoid trouble if i can. i just took a biscuit myself and went back to my crossword.

　　when the man took a second biscuit, i didn't look up and i didn't make a sound. i pretended to be very interested in the puzzle. after a couple of minutes, i casually put out my hand, took the last biscuit and glanced at the man. he was staring at me furiously. i nervously put the biscuit in my mouth, and decided to leave. i was ready to get up and go when the man suddenly pushed back his chair, stood up and hurried out of the buffet. i felt very re. lieved and decided to wait two or three minutes before going myself. i finished my coffee, folded my newspaper and stood up. and there, on the table, where my newspaper had been, was my packet of biscuits.