When we want to
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other people what we think, we can do it not only with the help of words, but also in many other ways. For example, we sometimes move our heads
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when we want to say "yes", and we move our heads from side to side when we want to say "no".
People who can neither hear nor speak talk to each other with the help of their fingers. People who do not understand each other"s language have to do the same. The following story shows
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they sometimes do it.
An English man who could not speak Italian was
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travelling in Italy. One day he entered a restaurant and sat
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a table. When the waiter came, the Englishman opened his mouth, put his fingers into it,
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them out again and moved his lip. In this way he meant to say, "
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me something to eat." The waiter soon brought him a cup of tea. The Englishman shook his head and the waiter understood that he didn"t want tea, so he took it away and brought him
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coffee. The Englishman was angry. He was just going to leave the restaurant
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another traveller came in. When this man saw the waiter, he put his hands on his stomach. That was enough. In a few minutes there was a large plate of bread and meat
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his table.