This animated true story recounts a humorous childhood memory about the innocent and funny struggles of learning a new language. The narrator and his friends had a unique rule during their school days: whenever they wore trousers, they had to converse entirely in English. One day, while cycling a long distance to watch a movie, they stopped near an estate water spring to quench their thirst while waiting for a friend.
When the estate superintendent spotted them and asked what they were doing, the boys strictly adhered to their rule and tried to explain in English that they were thirsty. However, due to a vocabulary mix-up, they confidently and repeatedly replied, " We are very sad, sir! We came to drink some water." The bewildered superintendent eventually walked away, unable to comprehend why they were drinking water out of sorrow. It wasn't until the next day, after checking a dictionary, that the boys realized their hilarious mistake of confusing the English words for "thirsty" and "sad," turning a simple encounter into a memorable learning experience.
