The Second Cruiser
An old admiral was famous in the navy for his bad temper, so everyone tried hard not to annoy him.
One week his ships were going to take part in a big internati onal exercise, so he came on board in the evening. Hand his dinner and then went to bed. In the morning he had his breakfast early,came up to the bridge and examined the ships in his group carefully. Then he said angrily, “ There should be two cruisers in this group, but I can only see one. Where’s the other?” No one dared to answer, and this made the admiral even angrier. His face became redder and redder.
“Well?” he should. “What are you fools hiding from me? Where’s the second cruiser? What’s happened to it? Answer me!”
At last a young sailor found enough courage to speak.
“Please, sir,” he said.“ You’re on it.”
另一艘巡洋艦
一個老海軍上將的壞脾氣在軍隊里非常有名，人們都盡力避免著不去招惹他。有一個禮拜他的艦隊要參加一次大型的國際學習，因此，他晚上便登上船，吃過飯后就睡覺去了。第二天，吃過早餐后，來到駕駛臺上對他的軍艦進行仔細地檢查。不一針兒，他便生氣地說：“”在艦隊中應有兩艘巡洋艦，可是我現在只看到了一艘。另一艘在哪里？“沒有人敢回答他，這令上次更加憤怒了。他的臉色變得通紅起來。
“好啊，“他吼道，‘你們這些笨蛋在掩飾些什么？另一艘巡洋艘在哪兒/它到底
發生了什么？回答我！”
最后，一名年輕的水手鼓足了勇氣：“報告，長官，您正踩著它呢！”
