Far Sighted

A part of English tourists coming upon and old Highland shepherd sitting on a hill top, thought to have a littele fun at his expense, and, as the day was very misty, asked him if he was sitting there enjoying the scenery.

“I suppose, old man,” said one, “you can see a great distance from this on a clear day.”

“Oh yes, gentlemen, a great distance indeed,just
as you say.”

“I suppose now, on a clear day,” said another, “you could see as far as to London.”

“Oh, yes,” replied the shepherd, “ and farther than even London.”

“Quite to America and Madagascar, I should think,” said anoiher, with a wink to his cornpanions.

“Yes, and farther too.”

”Farther than America, well, now, old man, tell us how far you can see.”

“Well, if the night is clear, gentlemen, you will see from this all the way to the moon.”

The tourists had met their match, and did not pursue their enquiries further along that line.

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