While sports fishing off the Florida coast, a tourist capsized his boat. He could swim, but his fear of  alligators　kept him clinging to the  overturned  craft.

　　Spotting an old beachcomber standing on the shore, the tourist shouted, "are there any gators around here?!"

　　"Naw," the man  hollered  back, "Ain't been any for years!"

　　Feeling  safe,  the  tourist  started  swimming  toward  the  shore.  About  halfway  there  he  asked  the  guy,  "How'd  you  get  rid  of  the gators?"

　　"We didn't do nothin'," the beachcomber said. "The sharks got 'em."

Key  words：

capsize　（v.）翻船　

alligator　（n.）鱷魚　click 發音  

cling　（v.）抓牢

overturned　（adj.）倒翻過來的

beachcomber　（n.）在海濱流浪的人, 在海灘拾物的人　click 發音 

holler　（v.）喊叫

get   rid 　of 　擺脫

＊美國小孩習慣押著韻說：See  you  later.  Alligator.

                                After  a  while.  Crocodile.