BAZA ZNANJA

Kurs: - Pre-Intermediate

Modul: So, because

Autor: prof. Gordana Matorkić

Naziv jedinice: Shepherd

SHEPHERD

Once upon a time there was a shepherd. He liked his flock of sheep and he took care of them. One day he was with his flock and he heard a noise that he didn’t usually hear, so he turned round and saw a brand new Cherokee Jeep which appeared from nowhere. The shepherd didn’t pay too much attention to the car because he didn’t want to look curious. The Jeep stopped just in front of the shepherd, so he finally had to look at it.

A young man in a Hugo Boss shirt, Yves St. Laurent trousers and Nike trainers got out, came closer and said to the shepherd: If I can guess how many sheep you have in your flock, will you give me one of them?” There were many sheep in the flock, so the shepherd looked at the man and said: “Yes, OK then.”

The man went back to his Jeep because he wanted to take out his laptop computer and a mobile phone. Then he logged on to the NASA web site and searched the local area. Then he made some tables with a lot of statistics. He had a small modern printer, so he printed a 150-page report. Finally, he turned to the shepherd and said: “You have 1,227 sheep in your flock.” The shepherd wasn’t surprised, so he replied calmly: “You’re absolutely right, I do have 1,227 sheep in my flock. Now you can take your sheep.”

The young man was happy because he got the sheep, so he hurried to put it into his car. When he had done that, the shepherd said: “If I can guess your profession, will you give me my sheep back?” The young man felt confident, so he accepted. “You are a business consultant,” said the shepherd. “How did you guess?” asked the young man. “Three things,” said the shepherd. “Firstly, you came here when nobody asked you to. Secondly, you charged me a sheep to tell me what I already knew. And thirdly, you have no idea what I do, because you took my dog, not a sheep!”