A stranger was seated next to a little girl on the airplane when
the stranger turned to her and said, ‘Let’s talk. I’ve heard that
flights go
quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.’
The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed it slowly and said
to the stranger, ‘What would you like to talk about?’
‘Oh, I don’t know,’ said the stranger. ‘How about nuclear power?’ and he
smiles.
‘OK,’ she said. 'That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you
a
question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same
stuff - grass - . Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns
out a
flat patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you
suppose that
is?’
The stranger, visibly surprised by the little girl’s intelligence,
thinks about
it and says, ‘Hmmm, I h ave no idea.’
To which the little girl re plies, 'Do you really feel qualified to discuss nuclear power when you don’t know ****?