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Why doesn't Aunt Jennifer tell anyone how old she is?

My aunt Jennifer is an actre.She must be at least thirty-five years old.In spite of this, she often appears on the stage as a young girl.Jennifer will have to take part in a new play soon.This time, she will be a girl of seventeen.In the play, she must appear in a bright red dre and long black stockings.Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, orange-colored dre.If anyone ever asks her how old she is, she always answers, 'Darling, it must be terrible to be grown up!'

Has Big Ben ever gone wrong?

When you visit London, one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, the famous clock which can be heard all over the world on the B.B.C.If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected.Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsible for the making of the clock when the new Houses of Parliament were being built.It is not only of immense size, but is extremely accurate as well.Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.On the B.B.C.you can hear the clock when it is actually striking because microphones are connected to the clock tower.Big Ben has rarely gone wrong.Once, however, it failed to give the correct time.A painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down!