A small community had a fire and the local fire department was called to put out the fire.Well,the fire was just too big so they called for mutual aid from their neighboring town.Their fire truck came zooming by the local one and went right down the hill and parked right next to the fire.The fire fighters jumped out of the truck and feverishly went to work putting out the fire.The paint on the truck was bubbling,as they were so close.But soon they had the fire under control.After the fire was out,the local town’s people were so impressed with the work the neighboring fire department did that they decided to give them a reward.The mayor presented the fire chief with a check for $3,000.Then he asked the chief what he was going to do with the money.The chief replied,“Well,the first thing I am going to do is to fix the brakes on that fire truck.”
一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)失火了,當(dāng)?shù)叵狸?duì)接到火警后趕來滅火,但火勢(shì)太大了,因此他們向鄰鎮(zhèn)求援。鄰鎮(zhèn)的救火車風(fēng)馳電掣地駛來,一路沖下山去,正好在火場(chǎng)邊停了下來。消防隊(duì)員從車上跳下,積極勇敢地投入了滅火工作。因?yàn)楹痛蠡鸬木嚯x太近了,救火車身上的油漆都起泡了。但消防隊(duì)員很快將火情控制住。大火被撲滅了,鄰鎮(zhèn)消防隊(duì)員的杰出表現(xiàn)給當(dāng)?shù)厝肆粝铝松羁痰挠∠?,于是他們決定給消防隊(duì)員頒發(fā)獎(jiǎng)金。鎮(zhèn)長(zhǎng)交給消防隊(duì)長(zhǎng)一張3,000美元的支票,并問他準(zhǔn)備用這筆錢干什么。隊(duì)長(zhǎng)答道:“是這樣的,我要做的第一件事就是去修消防車的剎車?!?