1. A grammarian criticized a boatman for not studying grammar, saying he had wasted half his life. 2. A storm hit and the boat was caught in a whirlpool, putting them in danger of drowning. When the boatman asked if the grammarian could swim, he admitted he could not. 3. The boatman then remarked that the grammarian's whole life had been wasted, as his grammar skills would not save him from drowning like swimming skills could have.

1. STORY PROJECT

2. PREPARED BY :
•Berat Eren Yağmur
•Yiğit Sait Şeker
•Hüseyin Yeniyol

3. STORY
• A grammarian once embar - ked in a boat. Turning to the boatman
with a self-satisfied air he asked him:
‘Have you ever studied grammar?’
‘No,’ replied the boatman. “I am just a simple boatman”
‘Then half your life has gone to waste,’ the grammarian replied.
The boatman thereupon felt very depres – sed, disturbed in his heart from burning
sorrow, but kept silent from answering at that moment. Presently the wind tossed
the boat into a whirlpool. The boatman shouted to the grammarian: ‘Do you know
how to swim?’
‘No’ the grammarian replied, ‘my well- spoken, handsome fellow’.
‘In that case, grammarian,’ the boat - man remarked, ‘the whole of your life has
gone to waste, for the boat is going to drown in these whirlpools.’

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