First for BeATrice, a kind woman (I suppose..) Thanks for your kind explanation what you meant by 'in' or 'on'! :) Oh.. BTW I did mean it's not a problem at all. But, now I got what you meant. :) What is the comic point of that story is the mood that makes people believe he who was rowing was not a mental patient. Because he acted like a normal man although others are fishing. (Note : I am not insisting as if this is a truth.. one of thousand possibilities) But at last, he was also a mental patients. Sorry, I hate to write anything like this which is directing someone, but I am a guest here so I can't use the mail system of kids. Of course, I just wanted to help you understand the story but I think my Konglish isn't enough. And for hobbes, my friend. :) chronic amnesia you were having? haha... It's a serious problem for anyone. Hmmm... Maybe, alarm didn't help you? (I wonder if this can be a similar case with yours or not). For me, I used to be late at my office in the mostly every morning. So I used 5 alarm clocks set around my head while I'm sleeping. But no! it didn't help my laziness. Gosh. I was ranked within top 10th position for this area. But now? Haha.. I'm the earliest bird! (You know what bird means.. I sometimes call myself a bird.. just because of "amnesia" which I also have..... :) ) How could it come? hihi.. I drive my youngest sister to her school every morning. she is an alarm for me. I've never seen any alarm has better performance than my sister. She must wake me up if she doesn't want to be late at school.. What a great mankind's ability! Thousands of alarm clocks from the highest technology could not wake me up in the morning but my sister can!