Q2. Summarize the given prose in your own words by reducing it to 1/3 of the actual size.
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A keen sense of humor is the hall mark of culture. When a person can crack a joke on himself, he
raises himself at one in the estimation of his friends. There are people who can throw jokes at
others, but never take one thrown at them. This one-way traffic is not really a high sense of good
humor. It is the essence of hamper that there should be give and takes in the process good humor
is often the test of tolerance. A fanatic is incapable of good humor. He is tearing others to pieces
fearing getting himself torn all the time. Good humor defeats itself. If there is malice in it or is
indulged in to hurt others. A joke should never hurt otherwise it is no joke at all. A joke should
make the person who makes it and the person who must take it laugh together. That is why
tolerance and culture are the sources of every good joke.