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An Eskimo lady who couldn’t speak or understand a word
of English was once offered transportation to the
United States plus five hundred dollars providing she
would accompany a corpse that was being sent back to
America for burial. She accepted. On her arrival she
looked about and noticed that people who went into the
Railway Station left the city and she never saw them
again. Apparently they travelled someplace else. She
also noticed that before leaving they went to the
ticket window, said something to the salesman, and
got a ticket. She stood in line, listened carefully
to what the person in front of her said to the ticket
salesman, repeated what that person said and then
travelled wherever he travelled. In this way she
moved about the country from one city to another.
After some time her money was running out and she
decided to settle down in the next city she came to,
to find employment, and to live there the rest of her
life. But when she came to this decision, she was in
a small town in Wisconsin from which no one that day
was travelling. However, in the course of her travels
she had picked up a bit of English. So, finally, she
went to the ticket window and said to the man there,
“Where would you go if you were going?” He named a
small town in Ohio where she lives to this day. |