Boatman & the teacher:
A certain man named Arya, who was the proud owner of a boat,
invited the village teacher for a short trip on the Arabian sea. The teacher lolled about under the canopy and asked Arya, " What kind of weather will we have today?" Arya checked the direction of the wind, looked up at the sun, wrinkled his brow, and answered, " If you ask me, we is going to have a storm." Horrified by this reply, the teacher made a face and said critically, " Arya, you should not say ' we is going to have a storm' but say ' we are going to have a storm'. "Didn't you ever learn grammar?" Arya responded to this reprimand with nothing but a shrug of his shoulders. " What do I care about Grammar?" he asked.
The
teacher was at his wit's end. " You don't know grammar. That means HALF YOUR LIFE is down the drain !" Just as Arya had predicted, dark clouds developed on the horizon, a strong wind whipped the waves, and the boat tossed about in the rough sea. In no time there was lots of water in the boat and Arya asked the teacher, " Have you ever learned to swim?" The teacher answered, " No. Why should I learn to swim?" Grinning from ear to ear, Arya replied, " Well, in that case your WHOLE LIFE is down the drain, because our boat is going to sink any minute now !"MORAL: Think practical, Be practical. ************************************** |