Comprehension: Mac

My friend told me that I needed Mac.

          “Your business is going really well,” he told me and you need some help. So within a few weeks, Mac arrived and started work with me in my tiny office. Soon, I discovered that I really needed him. In fact, we needed each other. Without me, Mac didn’t have a jo,b and without him, I couldn’t do my job properly. With him around, I became free to do my job properly.

          Then I had a bad day. My son had a temperature and a sore throat. I had to nurse him throughout the night. I was tired and irritable. At the office, I asked Mac for information about a new customer, and he gave me the wrong one. I was angry. I began to shout. In my anger, I picked up a brass letter holder from my desk. It was in the shape of a crocodile and quite heavy. I took it by the tail, and by accident, I hit Mac with it. Mac gave a brief, strange noise and went totally silent. I ran to get help.

          My friend was furious when he found out what I had done, and he saw the state Mac was in.

          “You hit him with a crocodile?” he said when I explained what had happened. “I don’t believe it! He’ll be out of action for weeks!” he told me. “He may never work for you again. If you want Mac back, you’re going to have to pay”.

          I did have to pay but Mac came back to work for me.

          “There you are, love, good as new”, said the engineer as he plugged in the computer. And it was true.