Two  men  were  walking  home  after  a  party  and  decided  to take  a  shortcut through the cemetery just for laughs. Right in the middle of the cemetery they were startled by a tap-tap-tapping noise coming from the misty  shadows. Trembling   with  fear, they found an old man with a hammer and chisel, chipping away at one of the headstones.

　　"Holy cow, Mister," one of them said after catching his breath,

　　"You scared us half to death -- we thought you were a ghost!

　　What are you doing working here so late at night?"

　　"Those fools!" the old man grumbled. "They misspelled my name!"

Key  words：

take  a  shortcut　抄捷徑

cemetery　（n.）公墓

misty　（adj.）模糊的

shadow　（n.）影子

Trembling  with  fear　因害怕而顫抖

hammer　（n.）鐵鎚

chisel　（n.）鑿子　click 發音

chip　（v.）削下小片, 敲下小片

headstone　（n.）墓頭石，立於死者墳墓的石碑

misspel　（v.）拼錯