A woman woke up one morning with a bad earache. The pain was so bad that she
went to see a doctor. She had to wait a long time in the doctor's waiting room
because he was very busy. While she was waiting the pain got worse. Also a
piece of string began to grow out of her ear. When the doctor saw her he was
very surprised.#
"There seems to be a piece of string coming out of your ear," he said.
Carefully he began to pull the string. Inch by inch, he pulled the piece of
string out of her ear. Then it would not come any further.#
"There seems to be something at the end of the string," the doctor said. "I'll
have to pull harder."#
He began to pull harder, but the pain was so great that the woman asked him to
stop.#
"I must take out whatever is in your ear," the doctor told her. "I'll give you
something to help you sleep while I take it out."#
The doctor gave the woman sleeping gas, and soon she was in a deep sleep.#
He called his nurse to help him, and together they pulled on the piece of
string.#
Suddenly there was a sound, and out of the woman's ear came a large bunch of
roses.#
The doctor was very surprised. He had never seen anything like this before.#
When the woman woke up, he said, "I pulled a large bunch of roses out of your
ear. Do you know where they came from?"#
"Wasn't there a card with them?" the woman asked him.&