Chapter 106
A man who had travelled widely in foreign countries returned home and was always bragging and boasting about the great feats he had performed in different places. Among other things he said that, when he was in Rhodes, he had made such an extraordinary leap that no man could come close to it, and he had witnesses there to prove it.
“Possibly,” said one of his listeners, “but if this is true, there is no need of witnesses. Just suppose this is Rhodes and try the leap again.”
A boaster is tackled best when put to the test,
