Our village carpenter , John Hill, came one day and made a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows. When I got home that evening, John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for the job. 

My wife said to me quietly, "It's his ninth cup of tea today." But she said in a loud voice, "It is a beautiful table, dear, isn't it?" 

"I will decide about that when I see the bill, " I read: 

One dining table, 10 November, 1989. 

Cost of wood: $17.00 

Paint: $1.50 

Work: 8 hours ($1 an hour) $8.00 

Total: $36.50 

When I was looking at the bill, John said, "It's been a fine day, hasn't it? Quite sunny." "Yes," I said, "I'm glad it is only the 10thof November." 

"Me, too," said John. "You wait. It'll be a lot colder by the end of the month." 

"Yes, colder.... And more expensive! Dining tables will be $20 more expensive on November 30th, won't they, John?" John looked hard at me for half a minute. Was there a little smile in his two blue eyes? I gave his bill back to him. 

"If it isn't too much trouble, John," I said, "Please add it up again and you can forget the date." 

I paid him $26.50and he was happy to get it.

1. How much did he pay for the table?
2. Was the carpenter angry about that?
3. Was it less than he billed?
4. By how much?
5. Was there an addition error?
6. What did the carpenter mistakenly add to the priuce?
7. What day of the month was it?
8. What did the man joke would be different at the end of the month?
9. On which date?
10. If that were true, how much more would a table be on the 20th?
11. Does the carpenter have green eyes?
12. What color?
13. What's the carpenter's name?
14. Who was the table for?
15. Why couldn't they just buy any table from a store?
16. Did the husband come home in the afternoon?
17. How many beverages did the worker partake in that day?
18. How much does the carpenter bill for labor?
19. What cost $17?
20. And how much for the paint?

Provide a numbered list of answers.
1. $26.50
2. No
3. Yes
4. $10.00
5. Yes
6. Too many man hours
7. The 10th
8. $20 more expensive
9. on November 30th
10. $10.00
11. No
12. blue
13. John Hill
14. The wife
15. They wanted it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows.
16. No
17. Nine
18. $1 an hour
19. wood
20. $1.50