"Buffaloes" is a bull
The tutor of a family was very stupid. He didn't know many words and very often had to ask others about the words he was going to teach his pupils.
One day, the tutor taught his pupils the word "to flee". It was written in the old style so it consisted of three words "buffalo" placed on one another. The tutor didn't know it so he asked a man:
- What animal is as strong as three buffaloes, sir?
The man answered:
- A wild bull.
The tutor was very glad. He came back home and taught the pupils:
- "Buffaloes" is wild bull.
Another day, the tutor taught the pupils the word "nail". He knew how to read it but didn't know its meaning. He saw it looked like the handle of a rice-hulling mill so he carelessly said:
- "Nail" is the handle of a rice-hulling mill.
The host saw that the tutor was very stupid, so he asked the tutor out of his house, and read the following poem to see him off:
"Nail" is the handle of a rice-hulling mill.
What a good teacher I have never seen!
Ah, "buffaloes" is a wild bull
Please, go to ask a farmer's job to do!