THE RACE BETWEEN THE MOUSE AND THE COCKROACH

     A mouse and a cockroach disputed a race. The cockroach passed the mouse and the mouse took a gun from his suitcase, killed the cockroach and won the race. But other cockroach said:     

     -You shot in the back!

     And the mouse answered:

     -How could I shut in the front if I didn’t get passed her?

  (Osmar Batista Leal) 
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