General Pershing was a famous American. He was in the American army and fought in Europe in the First Wor l d War. After he died. some people in his hometown wanted to remem be r him , so th e y put up a big statue( 雕像 ) of him on horse. There was a school near statue and some of the boys passed it every day on the way to school and again on their way home. After a few month , some of th em be gan to say "Good morning, Pershing" whenever they passed the statue, and soon all the boys at the school w ere doing the same. O ne Saturday, one of the smallest of these boys was walking to the shops with his mother. When he passed the s tatue , he said " G ood morning. Pershing" to the statue, but then he stopped and said to his mother. "I like Perishing very much , Ma , b ut who's that funny man on his back?"