Now that is smoking considered to be very dangerous to the health , it is especially diffucult for children to buy cigarettes or tobacco .Our tabacconist , Mr soames , has always been very careful about this .If his customers are very young , he always asks them whom the cigarettes are for.
One day, a little girl whom he had never seen before walked boldly into his shop and demanded twenty cigarettes .She had the exact amount of money in her hand and seemed very sure of herself.
Mr soames was so surprised by her confident manner that he forgot to ask his usual question .
Instead , he asked her what kind of cigarettes she wanted. The girl replied promptly and handed him the money.
While he was giving her the cigarettes . Mr soames said laughingly that as she was so young she would hide the packet in her pocket in case a policeman saw it. However ,the little girl did not seem to find this very funny .Without even smiling she took the packet and walked towards the door .Suddenly she stopped , turned round , and looked steadily at Mr soames. There was a moment 's deathly silence and the tabacconist wondered what she is going to say.
All at once; in a clear , solemn voice, the girl declared :
-" my dad is a policeman,"and with that she walked quickly out of the shop.
