When this story happened, they were working around a very large house. Their job was to do the cleaning. It was not a difficult job, but sometimes it was a little dangerous, because they had to walk below where workmen were working. Often these workmen dropped something from the top of the house many meters high to the ground. One morning Joe was working near the house with a cigarette behind one of his ears. Suddenly somebody on the top shouted, "Look out!" But Joe did not "look out". He looked up. And as he did so, a long knife missed Joe's head, but it cut off one of his ears. At once he put his hand to one side of his head and cried out, "I've lost an ear. Help! Help!" Jeff ran up to help his friend. "Look for my ear," Joe told him. "It must be on the ground somewhere." Jeff looked everywhere for the missing ear. At last he found an ear on the ground. He picked it up and carried it to Joe. "Here you are," he said, "I've found it." Joe looked at it. "No, that's not my ear." he said, "Mine had a cigarette behind it."
What were they doing?
Doing what?
Was it easy?
Why?
What would happen?
Where was Joe?
What did he hear?
What did he do instead?
What went by his face?
What did it do?
What did he do next?
Who helped him?
Where did they search?
Did they find it?
But did he think it was his?
Why?
working on a house
working around a very large house
Cleaning
Their job was to do the cleaning
Yes, but a bit dangerous
It was not a difficult job
They had to walk under the workmen
because they had to walk below where workmen were working
The workmen would drop things from the top of the house
Often these workmen dropped something from the top of the house many meters high to the ground. 
Joe was close to the house
One morning Joe was working near the house with a cigarette behind one of his ears.
A shout of "look out"
Suddenly somebody on the top shouted, "Look out!" But Joe did not "look out". 
Joe looked up
But Joe did not "look out". He looked up. 
A long knife
And as he did so, a long knife missed Joe's head
The knife cut off one of his ears.
but it cut off one of his ears.
He put his hand to his head and cried out
At once he put his hand to one side of his head and cried out, "I've lost an ear. Help! Help!" 
Jeff
Jeff ran up to help his friend
On the ground first, then everywhere
 "It must be on the ground somewhere." Jeff looked everywhere for the missing ear.
Yes
At last he found an ear on the ground.
No
"No, that's not my ear." he said, "Mine had a cigarette behind it."
His had a cigarette behind it
"Mine had a cigarette behind it."