Jill Jones got a new job in a different part of the city . She had to go to work every day by train .
There was only one other person in the train with her . This was a well - dressed man reading a newspaper .
Suddenly , about halfway through the journey , the man began tearing his newspaper into hundreds of small pieces . Then he picked them up , opened the window and threw them all out .
This done , he sat down , closed his eyes , and slept for the rest of the journey .
The next day , Jill Jones got into the same train . The same welldressed man was there , reading a newspaper .
As before , about halfway through the journey , the man began tearing his newspaper into hundreds of small pieces . Then he picked the pieces up , opened the window and threw them all out .
This done , he sat down , closed his eyes , and slept for the rest of the journey .
This happened every day for a week .
At last , on Friday , Jill Jones spoke to the man .
" Excuse me , sir , " she said , " I don"t want to be rude , but I must ask you a question . When we are halfway through our journey , you tear your newspaper into hundreds of pieces and then throw them all out of the window . Please tell me , sir . Why do you do this ?"
The well - dressed man smiled . " There"s a simple reason , " he said . " I like to sleep for part of the journey , but I cannot sleep if the t rain is full of elephants . So I throw the pieces of paper out to the elephants . It stops them from coming into the train . "
" But there aren"t any elephants in the train , " Jill Jones said .
" I know , " the man said . " It works well , doesn"t It ?"
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No Elephants
Jill Jones got a new job in a different part of the city . She had to go to work every day by train .
There was only one other person in the train with her . This was a well - dressed man reading a newspaper .
Suddenly , about halfway through the journey , the man began tearing his newspaper into hundreds of small pieces . Then he picked them up , opened the window and threw them all out .
This done , he sat down , closed his eyes , and slept for the rest of the journey .
The next day , Jill Jones got into the same train . The same welldressed man was there , reading a newspaper .
As before , about halfway through the journey , the man began tearing his newspaper into hundreds of small pieces . Then he picked the pieces up , opened the window and threw them all out .
This done , he sat down , closed his eyes , and slept for the rest of the journey .
This happened every day for a week .
At last , on Friday , Jill Jones spoke to the man .
" Excuse me , sir , " she said , " I don"t want to be rude , but I must ask you a question . When we are halfway through our journey , you tear your newspaper into hundreds of pieces and then throw them all out of the window . Please tell me , sir . Why do you do this ?"
The well - dressed man smiled . " There"s a simple reason , " he said . " I like to sleep for part of the journey , but I cannot sleep if the t rain is full of elephants . So I throw the pieces of paper out to the elephants . It stops them from coming into the train . "
" But there aren"t any elephants in the train , " Jill Jones said .
" I know , " the man said . " It works well , doesn"t It ?"
吉兒瓊斯在城市的一個與眾不同的地段有了一個新的工作，她必須每天坐火車去上班。
在火車中只有兩個人,她及一個穿著很好的男人看一份報紙。
經過旅程的一半，突然男人開始將他的報紙撕得粉碎。
做完之後，他坐了下來,閉上了他的眼睛,剩下的旅程他一直在睡覺。第二天，吉兒瓊斯進入了相同的火車。 還是那個穿著良好的男人在坐那裡 ,看一份報紙。
經過旅程的一半，男人開始將他的報紙撕碎。然後他拾起碎片, 打開了窗戶而且把碎片全部扔出去。
做完之後，他坐了下來,關閉了他的眼睛,剩下的旅程他一直在睡覺。
每天就這樣，持續發生了一個星期。
最後，在星期五，吉兒瓊斯跟男人說話。
"對不起 , 先生 , " 她說 , "我不想你粗魯無禮，我要問你一個問題。當我們經過我們的旅程一半的時候，你將你的報紙撕碎然後開啟窗戶把碎片扔出去。請告訴我, 先生，你為什麼這樣做 ?”
穿著良好的男人微笑。 "我有一個非常簡單的理由 , " ，他說。 "我喜歡睡覺來打發旅程的後一半，但是如果火車充滿大象，我不能夠睡覺。因此我對大象丟出去報紙。它阻止他們進入火車。”
”但是這裡沒有大象啊”！”她說！
”我知道”，他說，”可見我扔報紙很管用啊！”
總之，這個人是個神經病，這段話，就是個小笑話！