COMPENSATION
Reading edition
"There's a bright side to everything."
"To those high food prices?"
"Certainly. Think of the cases of indigestion they have cured."
A little girl who had been out walking with her aunt heard the latter complaining that her feet were tired. "My feet get tired too, when I go out walking," said the small maiden, "but I always think what a nice ride my stomach has been having."
"Anyhow, there's one advantage in having a wooden leg," said the veteran.
"What's that?" asked his friend.
"You can hold your socks up with thumb-tacks."