福尔摩斯和华生去露营
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson decided to go camping. They hiked deep into the countryside, put up their tent under the stars, ate a simple dinner by the fire and went to sleep.
A few hours later, Holmes woke up and nudged his faithful friend.
"Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see."
Watson rubbed his eyes and looked up. "I see millions and millions of stars."
"And what does that tell you?"
Watson thought for a moment. He was keen to impress the great detective.
"Well," he said, "astronomically speaking, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo. Timewise, I'd say it's about a quarter past three. Theologically, it shows me that God is all-powerful and that we are small and unimportant. And meteorologically, it suggests that we'll have a beautiful day tomorrow."
He paused, rather pleased with himself. "Why? What does it tell you, Holmes?"
Holmes was silent for a moment. Then he said, "Watson, you idiot. Someone has stolen our tent."
福尔摩斯和华生医生决定去露营。他们徒步走到乡下深处，在星空下搭好帐篷，在篝火边吃了顿简单的晚饭，然后就睡下了。
几个小时后，福尔摩斯醒了，推了推他忠实的朋友。
“华生，抬头看看天空，告诉我你看见了什么。”
华生揉了揉眼睛，往上一看。“我看见了成千上万颗星星。”
“那这说明了什么？”
华生想了一会儿。他很想在这位大侦探面前好好表现一番。
“嗯，”他说，“从天文学的角度来说，这说明宇宙中有数以百万计的星系，可能还有数十亿颗行星。从占星学的角度，我观察到土星正位于狮子座。从时间上看，我估计现在大约是三点一刻。从神学的角度，这让我明白上帝无所不能，而我们是多么渺小、微不足道。从气象学的角度，这说明明天会是个好天气。”
他停了一下，对自己的回答相当满意。“怎么了？福尔摩斯，那你看出了什么？”
福尔摩斯沉默了片刻，然后说：“华生，你这个笨蛋。有人把我们的帐篷偷走了。”