The old cowboy
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One day, an old cowboy appeared before St. Peter at the Pearly Gates.
“Have you ever done anything of particular merit?” asked St. Peter, leafing though the large register in front of him to see if the old cowboy was worthy of entering into Heaven.
“Well, I can think of one thing,” replied the old cowboy.
“Really?” said St. Peter, closing the register and looking up questioningly. “Why don’t you tell me about it?”
“Well, I was out on a trip to the Black Hills in South Dakota, when I came across a gang of bikers who were threatening a young woman. I rode up to them, got off my horse and told them to leave her alone, but they just laughed and formed a circle around me. So I approached the largest and most fearsome of them, punched him straight in the face, ripped out his nose-ring, and kicked his bike over. Then I turned to the others and yelled at them, “Now back off, all of you, or I’ll beat the living daylights out of you!”
St. Peter was seriously impressed.
“When exactly did all this happen?” he asked.
“Just a couple of minutes ago,” replied the old cowboy.
https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/420657/22/dfjd080k93ytlq7u
Don’t stress final pronouns, Dany:
“Why don’t you tell me about it?” (‘tell’ is the last stress)
“I rode up to them” (‘up’ is the last stress)
“…and formed a circle around me” (‘circle’ is the last stress)
Also:
“Well, I can think of one thing” (‘one’ is the word to stress here, not ‘thing’)
Just a retry
https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/420657/26/iltpjyi4k3vwgkdm
That’s a big improvement, Dany. 🙂
A good start to the week!
Thank you very much.
😀👍