Your Coat Is on Fire

The master, to impress on his pupils the need of thinking before speaking, told them to count fifty before saying anything important, and one hundred if it was very important.

The next day he was speaking, standing1 with his back to the fire, when he noticed several lips moving rapidly. Suddenly the whole class shouted: Ninety-eight, ninety-nine, a hundred. Your coat is on fire, sir!

你的大衣失火了

老师为了让学生记住先考虑后发言,告诉他们在说出要紧事情之前先数到50,若是特别要紧的事情,要先数到100。 第二天,当老师背靠失火炉讲课时,发现好几个学生的嘴唇在非常快地不停地动。忽然,全班学生一块喊道:九十八,九十九,一百。老师,你的大衣失火了!