post-office worker

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This is a story of a man who worked at the post officeBUREAU DE POSTE. His job was to process all mail items that had illegible addressesADRESSES ILLISIBLES.

One day a letter came to his desk, addressed, in shaky handwritingÉCRITURE TREMBLANTE, to God. He thought, “I had better open this one and see what it is all about.”

So he opened it and it read: “Dear God, I am an 83-year-old widowVEUVE living on a very small pensionPENSION.”

“Yesterday someone stole my pursePORTE-MONNAIE. It had a hundred dollars in it which was all the money I had until my next pension cheque.”

“Next Sunday is EasterPÂQUES, and I had invited two of my friends over for dinner. Without that money, I have nothing to buy food with.”

“I have no family to turn to, and you are my only hope. Can you please help me?”

The postal worker was touchedÉMU, and went around showing the letter to all the others. Each of them dug into his walletMIT LA MAIN À SON PORTEFEUILLE and came up with a few dollars.

By the time he made the roundsFIT LE TOUR, he had collected 96 dollars, which they put into an envelope and sent over to her.

The rest of the day, all the workers felt a warm glowCHAUDE SATISFACTION thinking of the nice thing they had done.

Easter came and went, and a few days later came another letter from the old lady to God. All the workers gathered around while the letter was opened.

It read: “Dear God, How can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me?”

“Because of your generosityGÉNÉROSITÉ, I was able to fixPRÉPARER a lovely dinner for my friends. We had a very nice day, and I told my friends of your wonderful gift.”

“By the wayAU FAIT, there was 4 dollars missing. It was no doubt those thieving bastardsSALES VOLEURS at the post office.”

Vocabulary
Illegible addresses: addresses that are hard or impossible to read.
Shaky handwriting: writing that looks unsteady, usually because of old age or nervousness.
His job was to process all mail items that had illegible addressesADRESSES ILLISIBLES.
One day a letter came addressed in shaky handwritingÉCRITURE TREMBLANTE to God.
Grammar
The joke uses mainly past simple to narrate the story, with some past perfect and direct speech in the letters.
Past simple: A letter came to his desk... He opened it and it read.
Direct speech in letters: “Dear God, I am an 83-year-old widow... Yesterday someone stole my purse.”
Synonyms & Alternatives
Illegible: unreadable, unclear.
Touched: moved, affected.
Mini Dialogue
Mr Patel: I work at the post office and handle all the mail with illegible addressesADRESSES ILLISIBLES.
Sarah: Yesterday I received a letter in shaky handwritingÉCRITURE TREMBLANTE from my old neighbour.
Mr Patel: The letter really touchedÉMU me when I read it.
Sarah: I hope the staff felt a warm glowCHAUDE SATISFACTION after helping.

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