Hmmm. Nothing like as easy challenge, is there? I apologize in advance for several things:
No copyright/trademark for Juicy Fruit gum, no upside down question
mark for the Spanish phrase, and all mispellings as my browser doesn't
do very well on spell checking foreign phrases.
"Buenas Dias! Bienvenue! Velkommen! Hello! Is anyone there?"
I polled the flat bottomed Jon boat through the dark city streets
looking for any sign of life. I had loaded it with as much food,
water and medicine as I thought safe to carry. Now I was just
trying to find someone to give it to.
My mouth had become so dry from shouting out to the dark and damaged
homes that I was chewing on some Juicy Fruit gum to keep my vocal cords
moist. Turning into another block of homes, I tried again:
"?Se Hables Engles?", "Spieken Deutsche?", "Parlez-vous
Francais?"
Suddenly I noticed a small hole in the bottom of the boat. Water
was beginning to enter at an alarming speed. Thinking fast, I
reached into my pocket for a quarter and pulling the gum from my mouth,
I wrapped it around the quarter and put the quarter over the
hole. It was a perfect fit and immediately stopped the
leak. Now I could continue on my mission of trying to help out
these poor people in some small way. What I had wasn't
much, but I hoped it would be enough, if only for one or two
people. At least they'd know someone cared enough to do more than
just sit around and talk while pointing at dramatic looking pie charts.