English Original
The squad was having "visual training". One smart recruit was asked by the officer to count how many men composed a digging party in a distant field. The party was so far away that the men appeared as mere dots, but unhesitatingly the recruit replied:
"Sixteen men and a sergeant, sir."
"Right, but how do you know there's a sergeant there?"
"He's not doing any digging, sir."
中文翻译
小队正在进行“视力训练”。一名聪明的列兵被军官要求数清远处田野里一个挖掘队有多少人。队伍离得太远，那些人看起来只是些小点，但列兵毫不犹豫地回答道：
“十六个人和一名军士，长官。”
“对，但你怎么知道那里有个军士？”
“他什么挖掘工作都没做，长官。”