Dead or Alive

Two men started a fight in a street. The big man hit the little man hard, and the little man fell down on the ground. Then the big man saw a policeman who was coming along the street. The big man hid himself in a shop.

The policeman looked down at the man on the ground, but the little man did not move. A taxi was coming along the street and the policeman stopped it. Then he took the man in his arms and put him into the back of the taxi. The policeman got into the taxi too.

"Go to a doctor's house quickly." he said.

The man in the back did not move or speak. "He's dead!" the policeman thought.

When the taxi stopped outside the doctor's house, the policeman carried the man inside, and the doctor looked at him.

"He may be dead," said the doctor as soon as he saw him. "He isn't moving."

The little man heard the doctor’s words and sat up. He was afraid. "I'm not dead," he cried. "I'm alive! I'm alive!"

The policeman was angry. "Do you know better than the doctor?" he asked.

"Yes," said the man. "I wanted to get away from that big man who hit me, and I got away. Thank you very much. Good morning!"