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詹姆斯·斯科特先生在西尔伯里有一家汽车修理店,最近又在平赫斯特买了一家。尽管这两家店相距仅五英里,但他无法为新店安装电话,所以他就养了十二只鸽子来传递信息。昨天,其中一只鸽子仅用三分钟就将第一则消息从一家店传到了另一家店。截至目前,斯科特先生已经成功地从一家店向另一家店发送了大量关于备件的请求。就这样,他开创了自己的私人“电话”服务。
Mr. James Scott owns a garage in Silbury and has recently bought another one in Pinhurst. Although the two places are only five miles apart, he cannot get a telephone for the new garage, so he has bought twelve pigeons to send messages. Yesterday, one of the pigeons carried the first message between the garages in only three minutes. So far, Mr. Scott has successfully sent a great many requests for spare parts from one to the other. In this way, he has started his own private "telephone" service.