Please, Sir, I Would Rather Not

Every nation in the world has its own folklore heritage -- legends, myths, fairy-tales. In such stories the wisdom of every nation is collected and embodied, although some of the nations have similar tales, especially those who are neighbours. Legend and myths employ elements of supernatural origin: magic, gods, wonderful creatures. Tales are stories that are suppoped to teach the coming generations by depicting various situations and various types of behaviour demonstrated by the heroes.

"Please, Sir, I Would Rather Not" is a short story of a boy -- a member of the ship crew -- who rejects to drink alcohol even if he is punished for that. But that boy definitely has a reason to do so... Read this classical story and you will know the boy's secret!