the soldiers looked up and saw a tall younn Th blueeyes, a friendly face, strong arms and broad shoulders.they like him at once.
the officers saw that he was just the So they accepted him and he became one of napoleons soldiers.his new friends smoothed away the difficulties.he fought bravely in many battles Ined their respect.however, his knowledge of French remained very weak, because he was not good at learning languages, But this did not prevent him from fighting hard.
several ya ears later, word came that Napoleon himself was coming to inspect them And the Swede was warned that the great man world probably ask him some question.there was some difficulty in ex paining this to the Swede, But when at last he understood he became very anxious.
"the Swede won't understand the questions." one of the French men sen
it was well know that Napoleon always asked the same three questions, I and usuall in the same order.the first question was, " The second was, "how long have you been in my army?" And the third was, "did you serve in either of my last two campaigns?"
the Swede could not possibly remember all these words and so his friends decided to teach him only the answers in their proper order.theer A lot of practice.whenever possible, one of them would stop him, make him stand at attention, and ask him the three questions. " He would demand, and the Swede would answer, "twenty-three, sir." then his friend would ask, "how long have you been And the Swede would answer, "three years, sir." to the third question, "did you serve in either of my last two campaigns?" The Swede would answer with pride, "both, sir!"
for many days this practice continued.the Swede would walk about, saying to himself, "twenty-three, sir.the Before the day of the inspection, His friends were satisfied.he knew his answer.there ought to be no trouble.
napol en arrived.stading in front of the strouble He looked at them with great satisfaction.then he began to walk along the lines, smiling some times, And saying a few word here and there.the Swede stood quite still, Except that his lips moved slightly.he was still practicing.
Napoleon suddenly caught sight of the tall soldier and realized at of the tall soldier and realized at ot Ver seen him before.he stopped in front of the swede.for some reason, this time the great man began with the second question. < p. He demanded ..
twenty-three, sir, "said the Swede clearly and well.
Napoleon was surprised.he
three years, sir, "replied the Swede quickly.
Napoleon was astonished." either you are mad, or I Cried the Swede proudly.
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