介绍:
Tall Tale
A friend told me this story. He can stretch the truth a bit, so I’m not sure whether to believe him. But on the other hand, truth can be stranger than fiction! What do you think? Two brothers were watching a horror film on video late one night. One brother dozed off and dreamed that he was being chased by the crazy man from the movie, who was trying to kill him. In the dream, he hid in a cupboard. There was no sound except his heart pounding, and he had no idea where his crazed captor was. He was terrified! At that moment, the video finished, and his brother put his hand on the shoulder of his sleeping sibling to wake him. The shock at that tense moment was enough that the sleeping brother suffered a massive heart attack and died instantly.
The answer:
Of course it’s not true! If he died instantly, how would anyone know what his dream was about?
And think again: There is a girl behind each boy, and a boy behind each girl. How many children are needed to do this?
The answer:
It can be done with just two children: only one boy and one girl are needed if they stand back to back!
[注释]:
stretch ... a bit:夸大事实，言过其实 horror film:恐怖电影 doze off:打瞌睡 cupboard:橱柜 captor: 捕捉者 sibling:兄弟，姐妹
