Passage 16
3 Y% G0 \9 V, V" @% x/ a6 x A Qualified Pilot
8 |" X/ E0 _# x' z5 @8 y- Y# o 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.
6 [' p2 p1 q% B3 l5 T- ^9 b 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.8 D8 z0 t1 Z+ Z- _2 i! N
“Are you sure you are a qualified pilot?” he asked.9 E- m- C! J7 R; |- u* V
“Oh, yes,” answered the fisherman. “I know every rock on this part of the coast.”: { x5 X; ^) }) M; ^, U# s
Suddenly there was a terrible crash from under the ship. At once the fisherman added, “And that’s one of them.” (138 words) |
发表于 2012-8-14 11:20:45
