HARRY:   Well, it gives me the chance to be alone-and for me that's really the most  It     
   important thing I suppose,after being with crowds of people all week.
   gives you time to think, you know. And another thing is that it gets me
   out of doors. I suppose it isn't very energetic really after all. I mean you
   don't do very much except just sit there, but at least it's in the fresh air.
   And that's more than you can say for things like darts, isn't it? No,
   that's really what I like about it.I like having time to think in the open air.
   I'm not terribly keen on the man against animal bit, you know man
   the hunter against nature. No, actually I don t usually catch very many you
   know. And if I do, I always throw them straight back.

             Text B

JEFF:   What's on the telly this evening? I feel like relaxing.
MARY:   Why ask me that? You know I never watch it.
JEFE:   Too busy with the latest hobby, are you? What is it this time, knitting socks
   for your nephews? Or collecting buttons? I wish I had as much free time as
   you do.
MARY:   Men! As a matter of fact, you probably have more than I do. But you waste it
   all watching your telly.
JEFF:   That's not a waste of time. I've got to rest sometimes.
MARY:   Sometimes , maybe , but not all the time. And anyway ,I relax with my hobbies.
   A change is as good as a rest.
JEFF:   Well, the telly's my hobby, and I learn a lot from it.
MARY:   But it doesn't teach you to do anything, does it? You ust sit there and stare
   at it. That's not lerning.
JEFF:   But I do learn. There are lots of educational programmes.
MARY:   But you don't watch them, do you? Whenever an educational
   programme comes on, you eithes switch ove to the other channel or go to sleep.
JEFF:   When I come home from work. I need to put my feet up, at least for a while.
   Life's not all work, you know.
MARY:   Hobbies aren't work, Jeff. I like putting my feet up, too, at the end of the 
   day,but I like doing things while I rest. Life's too short for us to waste time.
JEFF:   Mary dear, as I've said many times, we're different. There are two kinds of
   people in the world. . .
MARY:   I know, I know. Those who are never happy unless they're running about doing
   things. . .
JEFF:   That's right, and those who are never happy unless they're doing nothing. I'm
   one of the latter and you. . .
MARY:   I know, dear. I'm one of the former. And proud of it.
JEFF:   So now we agree. Live, and let live. You can go peacefully back to your -button
   collection, and I can watch TV.
MARY:   If only you organised yourself better, there's so much you could do, really.
   You're wasting your talents. And one last thing I'm not collecting buttons.
JEFF:   What are you doing then? Making sculptures from potatoes?
MARY:   No, I'm learning how to make Turkish cakes, and the first ones came out very well.
   Of course, if you're too tired, I won't insist on you trying them.

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