Three men are found in the wilderness by civilized
cannibals. The men are led to a gravesite next to the
water. The chief says, "We will kill you as a coward, or
we will let you die honorable deaths for your homelands.
You choose the weapon. Either way, your skins will be
used to make our canoes."
The first man, a soldier at heart, asks for a handgun.
With this, he recites the pledge and shoots himself. He
is carried off. The next man asks for a sword. A warrior
at heart, he uses a Japanese katana to commit seppuku
as a Japanese man.
The last man asks for a fork.
"A fork?" asks the chief?
But it's his dying wish, so they hand him the fork.
He stabs himself repeatedly in the chest, and yells,
"I HOPE YOUR CANOE SINKS!!"
Key words:
cannibal (n.)食人族
gravesite (n.)墓地
coward (n.)懦夫
honorable deaths 死得很光榮
canoe (n.)獨木舟
pledge (n.)誓約
warrior (n.)武士
katana (n.)武士刀
seppuku (n.)切腹自殺
stab (v.)刺
sink (v.)下沉
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