СОР по английскому языку, (1часть)

This story was told to me by a friend of mine. Once, on the day off, she lay down to read, and near her slept a cat. Suddenly he jumped up, strained himself, as much as the wool stood on end. She at first thought that he had a nightmare, but he did not calm down, looked toward the kitchen and waved his tail. She went to the kitchen to check what was there, but there was nothing there. Deciding that he had a terrible dream, she went to bed. At night, she awoke from a loud noise in the kitchen, the cat was in the room with her. She turned on the lamp and the noise subsided.

English story about father and his young son

A father came home from a long business trip to find his young son riding a brand new bike.
"Where did you get the money for that?" he asked.
"It must have cost over 300 dollars!"
"I earned it hiking," replied the boy.
"Hiking??? Come on son; tell your Dad the truth. Nobody can make that sort of money hiking. Where did you Really get the cash from?"
"It's like I say, Dad. Every night when you were gone, Mr. Goldberg from the bank would come over to see Mom. He'd give me a 20 dollar bill and tell me to take a hike"!