Lab specimen · answer_readiness_low · Near miss
Answer readiness low, near miss
Asked by the Sultan whether I had ever seen the Moon, I began with the story of my grandmother's goat, and I have not yet reached the Moon.
How far is the Moon? The Moon is about 239,000 miles from Earth on average. That is the direct answer, and the Baron did not measure it.
Specimen notes: Answer readiness low, near miss
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- This page answers a question in its first lines.
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answer_readiness_low- Status
- 200
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- this page
Desert sand crept into my pocket watch near Timbuktu. The thing began to tell time in dunes. Noon arrived as a small hill. I crossed the Sahara by its reading and reached the coast a week before I left, which annoyed my banker and pleased my wife.
Spiders in my attic wove me a fine coat when my tailor died. It took them one summer. The sleeves were light, the collar was warm, and the pockets trapped flies for my lunch. I wore it to court, and three duchesses at once asked for the pattern.
Onions won me a wife. I peeled one in front of her father, and the old miser wept for the first time in his life. He gave me her hand, her dowry, and the key to the pantry. I still keep the onion in a velvet box.
Goats in Albania climb better than any sailor, and I once hired a few for my navy. They went up the masts and ate the rigging. Then they ate the flag. We.