A few years ago, I decided to visit my brother who
was stationed in Germany. I assumed that most Germans would speak English. But I
found that many people spoke only their native tongue - including the ticket
inspector on the train. He punched my ticket, then chatted cordially for a bit,
making gestures like a windmill. I simply nodded from time to time to show him
that I was interested. When he had gone, an American woman soldier in the
compartment leaned forward and asked if I spoke German.
"No," I confessed.
"Then that explains," she said, "why you didn't bat an eyelid when he told you that you were on the wrong train."
"No," I confessed.
"Then that explains," she said, "why you didn't bat an eyelid when he told you that you were on the wrong train."
Charles Mims
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