As part of homework, Aditya has to write two sentences about a book he reads every night. Last night, he read an Asterix book. The following is his report.
Sentence 1: Today I read Asterix and Obelix and the Laurel Wreath.
Sentence 2: This is about two friends who go to Rome to steal Julius Caesar's Laurel Wreath.
But wait, he does not want to write such a big sentence. He attempts to abbreviate with masterful reasoning.
Aditya: But mommy, why do I have to say "two"? I wrote the names of the friends already. So everyone knows its two.
Krupa: Ok
Aditya: I also need not say "go to Rome". Everyone knows Julius Caesar is in Rome.
Krupa: Ok
Aditya: Also, everyone calls Julius Caesar just "caesar".
Krupa: All right.
Aditya: Why do I have to say "Laurel Wreath"? It says so already in the title. I can write just Wreath.
Krupa: Ok
So, the final sentence ends up as "This is a story about friends who steal Caesar's wreath."
And Homework is Done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It only took 15 minutes to write two sentences.
4 comments:
Masterly Brevity
Adi is so cool. You know Rammi mama's son- Vijay, he is also like this. I hear such kind of arguments a lot between mama and Vijay :)
i propose we call him PANDIT
Aditya.Why?Answer should be explained by krupa
Oh im missing him so much!!
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