TWO GOATS
Pic.: Anima D'Cunha Y ears ago, when I had decided to do something about my poor English, one of the things I did – and found very effective – was telling a nice story in two tenses… the Present and the Past. Over the years, I have helped hundreds of people, who were earnest about improving their English, with the same method… Yes, write a nice story down in both the tenses… and, then, tell it to someone… Here is a little story that comes back to me, again and again, with the warning sign - ‘DANGER’… yes, every time I am about to lock horns with another goat right in the middle of a narrow bridge… TWO GOATS PAST: T wo goats lived on either side of a mountain. Every day, they left home looking for pastures. On their way, they had to pass through a very narrow bridge that stood over a deep river. One day, the goats faced each other right in the middle of the narrow bridge… and both were unwilling to make way for each other. ...