The Laughter Box

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German

Translated by Wendy Cross

You laugh from your throat, that's true. But we don't really know where the laugh comes from.What I think, is that right down at the bottom of our stomachs, hidden deep down in the warmth, there is a laughter box. That's where dozens of jokes are kept in storage. People with a large stomach also have a large laughter box. Those with a small stomach have only two or three laughs stored up. And people who have a completely flat stomach have little breath for a really big guffaw. They are all dried up and never laugh uproariously out loud. Laughing is like a joyful cough. It surges up from your

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