Miraj & Yijie
Passage 1:
A man from the city came to visit a small farm. He saw a farmer feeding pig in a very strange
way. The farmer would lift a pig up to a nearby apple tree, and the pig would eat the apples directly
off the tree. The farmer would move the pig from one apple to another until the pig was full; then
he would start again with another pig.
The man from the city was pretty puzzled. He watched for quite a while, and finally said, “What a
strange way to feed pigs! It’s a waste of time! You could save a lot of time if you just shook
the apples off the tree and let the pigs eat them from the ground!” The farmer looked puzzled and
replied, “What’s time to a pig?”
Passage 2:
A young man was waiting in line at the bank and developed a loud case of hiccups; it got worse and
worse. By the time he got to the teller’s window, he could hardly talk. Then the man handed the teller his
check to cash.
The teller typed numbers into the computer. In a moment looking up and frowning. “I can’t
cash your check,” she said.
The man was shocked. “Why not?” he asked.
“The computer indicates you do not have sufficient funds to cover this amount,” she said. “In
the fact our records show that your account is overdrawn by more than $5000.00.”
“It can’t be!” cried the man, “You’ve got to be kidding!”
“You are right, I am,” she smiled. She started counting out his cash, “You will notice that your
hiccups are gone, though!”