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A Qualified Pilot
9 l- M* `! B; D% Q3 W0 @$ q5 \ 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.4 H; I! K( W) r" T* c4 p
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.
7 j% j# u6 l1 m: P, I' X5 P “Are you sure you are a qualified pilot?” he asked.
" A# V! C1 l& o2 b% i$ g c) S “Oh, yes,” answered the fisherman. “I know every rock on this part of the coast.”2 I4 D4 Q: |; J8 K7 ?$ V
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
