7. A Young Man Who Was Good at Whistling |
Once upon a time, there was a young man who was good at whistling. He always
whistled when he felt happy. He had no family. His parents had been dead
several years before. Before his mother died, she gave an expensive silver
cup to him. He treated the cup so carefully. He wanted to be a sailor,
but he had no ship. “No, I have not. I have never even got on a ship, but if you tell me how to work, I’ll do my best.” When the captain was about to turn down his offer, he found out that the young man had the expensive cup. “You have a nice silver cup. If you give it to me, you can work on the ship.” The young man thought about it carefully. It’s hard for him to give away his treasure to the captain. At last he gave it because he really wants to be a sailor. “OK, from now, you’re a sailor.” The captain said. The young man whistled. The ship traveled all over the world. The young man enjoyed living on the ship, but sometimes he remembered the silver cup. One day, the ship met a very big storm. The young man was washed away to the sea. How long did he drift in the sea? When he was washed ashore on a beach alone, he was unconscious. The silver cup that he gave to the captain beside him was there.A beautiful woman was walking along the beach with her dog. Suddenly the dog started to run. “What happened, John?” When he woke up, both the beautiful woman and the dog were not there. He didn’t have the silver cup. There were just many footprints left. He stood up and began to walk. He whistled to the blue sky. |