English original

Winston Churchill was the British Prime Minister during World War II.

One day, he had to go to the BBC to make an important speech to the whole country.

An hour before the speech, he stopped a taxi in the street and asked the driver to take him to BBC. But the taxi driver who didn't recognize him said that he couldn't take him anywhere at this time because he wanted to go back to his home on the other side of London to listen to Churchill's radio speech.

Churchill was very happy when he heard the answer. He gave the man a pound, which was very valuable at that time.

"All right, get in the car!" The driver opened the car door and said happily, "I'll see you off. To hell with Churchill and his speech!" "

This is the version adapted from/books/0459/116/