Fighting in the Dark

Many years ago two Englishmen who liked to travel very much went to a small town in the country. Their names were Dick and Tom.

After a day's trip, they saw the town in the evening. It was dark when they came to a small hotel. They asked for a room with two beds. The owner of the hotel showed them a room and gave them a candle because there was no lamp in that room.

When they were on the way to their room, Dick dropped the candle. It was very dark.

In the room, they took their clothes off and went to bed. The beds were very big, and by mistake, they got into the same bed, Tom from one side, and Dick from the other.

After some time, Dick said, "You know, Tom, there is a man in my bed."

"Here are his feet near my head."

"Yes, Dick, there is a man in my bed too. His feet are very big and they are near my head too. What shall we do?"

"Let us push him out of our beds."

They began to push each other.

After some time, Dick and Tom were on the floor.

"Dick!" shouted Tom.

"My man is stronger than I. He has pushed me down on the floor."

"I am on the floor too," answered Dick. "I think we must go and tell the owner of the hotel about it. We must have our own room without other travellers in it."