A Qualified Pilot
& V: U# f9 B1 i: X! w- I5 h! J 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.
2 @3 c) F( {# Q0 ?7 G& {6 t 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.
( v) A/ B' c1 i$ a7 ] “Are you sure you are a qualified pilot?” he asked.
4 G0 ?2 L) e9 f( ]2 O Q “Oh, yes,” answered the fisherman. “I know every rock on this part of the coast.”4 I1 @. m6 V* d7 Q* F7 f1 M: d
Suddenly there was a terrible crash from under the ship. At once the fisherman added, “And that’s one of them.” |