Presence Of Mind
A powerful lunatic escaped through an upper window of his asylum, and got upon the roof. When the keeper perceived it, he followed him, in order to make him come down again.
But the mad man seized him with irresistible strength and exclaimed:” Come. Let us jump dowm into the street.”
“Hold!” Said the deeper, who was dreadfully alarmed, but did not lose his presence of mind, “ Hold , that will not do. Any fool can jump down, there is nothing in that; but we will astonish the world by jumping up from the street.”
The lunatic thought this was still more wonderful, and willingly followed his keeper down stairs, where he was put in safety.
鎮(zhèn)定自若
一個(gè)強(qiáng)壯的瘋子通過收容所高處的窗戶上了房頂。當(dāng)看守發(fā)現(xiàn)時(shí)，為了使他下來，就跟在他后面。
但這個(gè)瘋子用一種無法抗拒的力氣抓住他并且呼喊著：“來，咱們一起跳到街上去。”
“別動(dòng)！”看守說道。這位看守雖然受到了很厲害的驚嚇，但卻沒有失去鎮(zhèn)定。
“站��！決不要做那種事，只有傻子才會(huì)跳下去，街上什么也沒有，可是我們要是從街上跳上來將會(huì)令世人驚訝的。
“那個(gè)瘋子想，這可能是更加美妙的事情，于是就心甘情愿地跟著看守下了樓，來到了安全地關(guān)著他的地方。
