Steve and Mark were good friends. They decided to spend their vacation in Haiti. Since they couldn't 1 French, they took a French wordbook with them and hoped it would help them in difficult situations.
The flight was 2 , and the hotel was very comfortable. Each day after breakfast, Steve and Mark packed the picnic lunch and dinner and went off to visit interesting places. After a few days, the boys became 3 of eating picnic meals and decided to eat a big fish dinner in a good restaurant. Unfortunately, they left their wordbook in the hotel.
They 4 the menu carefully. After ten minutes, Steve said to Mark, "I don't understand this menu." "Neither do I," said Mark. "I see poison on the menu. Are they 5 here?" "Maybe. They even spelled poison 6 . They spelled it p⁃o⁃i⁃s⁃s⁃o⁃n instead of p⁃o⁃i⁃s⁃o⁃n. But it must mean the same thing. Maybe we should go to another restaurant. I don't 7 to eat something that will kill me." But Mark was 8 , so he said, "There is no other restaurant near here, and I'm tired of walking around the city. Let's order something else instead. It's 9 here, so the food must be good."
The boys looked at the menu again. They finally decided to order steak,10 they really wanted fish. The boys just pointed to the word steak, and the waiter understood.
As they were eating, they11 some tourists speaking English. "This12 is delicious. We're lucky we have picked a restaurant that's famous for its fish."
Steve and Mark wondered what they discovered. "Famous for its fish? There was no fish on the13 !" said Mark.
Finally, Steve decided to find out what all this was about. "Excuse me, how did you order fish when it wasn't on the menu?" "Sure it's on the menu. It's right here. Poisson." The boys shouted, "Poisson. That's poison! We were14 why a restaurant like this could have poison on the menu."
The tourists15 and one of them said, "No. Poisson is French for fish."
