The Wooden Guns故事

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The Wooden Guns故事
    AN Artillery Regiment of a State Militia applied to the Governor
    for wooden guns to practise with.
    "Those," they explained, "will be cheaper than real ones."
    "It shall not be said that I sacrificed efficiency to economy,"
    said the Governor.  "You shall have real guns."
    "Thank you, thank you," cried the warriors, effusively.  "We will
    take good care of them, and in the event of war return them to the
    arsenal."