A LITTLE LEARNING IS A DANGEROUS THING
A LITTLE LEARNING IS A DANGEROUS THING There lived a man in a village. He had a great attraction to English and so he went to a teacher. The teacher began to teach him, but the man was dull-headed. His teacher tried his best to teach him English but the man could not understand the rules of grammar. However, the teacher released him. The man grasped only three English words. He learned 'yes', 'no' and 'very well'. But the man did not know their meaning. He came to his own village and told the villagers that he was wellversed in English. He used the three words while speaking with any man. If anybody asked him any question or discussed a thing with him, he would say either 'yes' or 'no' or 'very well'. One night, a theft took place in a house of the village and the police was informed of it. A police officer went to that place for investigation. He asked everybody if he knew anything about the theft. But the villagers told hi...