Passage 16
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The captain of a small ship had to go along a rocky coast, but he was unfamiliar with it, so he tried to find a qualified pilot to guide him. He went ashore in one of the small ports, and a local fisherman pretended that he was a pilot because he needed some money. The captain took him on board and asked him where to steer the ship.
5 ?2 N. B1 b/ r2 o: w: Q: R After half an hour the captain began to suspect that the fisherman did not really know what he was doing and where he was going.
/ \- b' E* ]/ |8 W" h4 G3 `+ T “Are you sure you are a qualified pilot?” he asked./ m X3 l! A3 C/ b. @! y
“Oh, yes,” answered the fisherman. “I know every rock on this part of the coast.”" t: U! e7 _/ Q! J6 ]
Suddenly there was a terrible crash from under the ship. At once the fisherman added, “And that’s one of them.” (138 words) |