An old blacksmith realized he was soon going to quit working so hard. He picked out a strong young man to become his apprentice. 

The old fellow was crabby and exacting. "Don't ask me a lot of questions," he told the boy. "Just do whatever I tell you to do."

One day the old blacksmith took an iron out of the forge and laid it on the anvil. "Get the hammer over there," he said. "When I nod my head, hit it real good and hard." Now the town is looking for a new blacksmith.

（通訊員上海第二工業大學外國語學院錢婧）