A history teacher was talking to his class about the ancient
Romans.
“They were very strong, brave people and they were good
soldiers”, he said. “They always wanted to have strong bodies, so they played a
lot of games”.
“Did they like swimming?”, one of the girls asked. “That
makes people’s bodies strong”. She was very good at swimming.
“Oh, yes, some of them swam a lot”, the teacher answered.
Then he told them a story about one famous Roman.
“There was a big, wide river in the middle of Rome”, he
said. “It was the Tiber, and his man swam across it three times everyday before
breakfast”.
The girl laughed when she heard this.
“Why are you laughing?”, the teacher asked her angrily.
“Have I said anything funny?”.
“Well, sir”, the girl answered. “Why didn’t he swim across
the river four times, to get back to his clothes again?”.