福爾摩斯和華生去露營
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."
福爾摩斯和華生醫生決定去露營。他們徒步走到鄉間深處,在星空下搭好帳篷,在營火旁吃了頓簡單的晚餐,然後就睡了。
幾個小時後,福爾摩斯醒來,推了推他忠實的朋友。
「華生,抬頭看看天空,告訴我你看到什麼。」
華生揉了揉眼睛,往上一看。「我看到成千上萬顆星星。」
「那這代表什麼?」
華生想了一下。他很想在這位大偵探面前好好表現。
「嗯,」他說,「從天文學的角度來說,這代表宇宙中有數百萬個星系,可能還有數十億顆行星。從占星學的角度,我觀察到土星正位在獅子座。從時間來看,我估計現在大約是三點十五分。從神學的角度,這讓我明白上帝無所不能,而我們是多麼渺小、微不足道。從氣象學的角度,這代表明天會是好天氣。」
他停了一下,對自己的回答相當滿意。「怎麼了?福爾摩斯,那你看出了什麼?」
福爾摩斯沉默了一會兒,然後說:「華生,你這個笨蛋。有人把我們的帳篷偷走了。」