The Centenarian
The oldest inhabitant had celebrated his hundredth birthday and the reported of a local paper called on him for an interview. Having congratulated the old fellow, The reporter asked a few questions.
“To what do you attribute your longevity?” He inquired. The centenarian paused a monment and then, holding up his hand and ticking off the items on his fingers, began; “I never smoked, drank alcoholic liquors, or overate, and I always rise at six in the morning.” “But,” protested the reporter,” I had an uncle who acted in that way, yet jhe only lived to be eighty. How do you account for that/” he didn’t keep it up long enough,” was the calm reply.
百歲老人
當(dāng)年齡的最大的當(dāng)?shù)鼐用駪c祝他的百歲生日時(shí)，當(dāng)?shù)貓?bào)紙的記者赤拜訪并采訪他。向老人表示祝賀后，讀者問了他幾個(gè)問題。
“你長壽歸功于什么原因呢？”他問道。百歲老人停頓了一下，然后抬起頭數(shù)著，開始說：“我不吸煙，不喝酒，不吃得過飽，我總是早上六點(diǎn)起床。”
“但是，”記者反駁道路，“我有一個(gè)叔叔也是那樣做的，但是他只活到八十歲。你怎么解釋？”
“他沒有長期堅(jiān)持那種習(xí)慣。”他從容地回答。
