Pronounce

The final examination passed swiftly. In no time, we found ourselves doing the last few minutes for the final round of students.

“Pray sit here,” the examiner, who happened to be a malicious nephrologist, indicated the student, “Look at this ECG. What do you see?”

The student gave the correct answer – he was soaked in sweat.

“What could have caused this problem?”

“Di-ti-ec-sin…” the student mumbled.

“What!?” The malicious examiner raised his voice as well as eyebrows.

“Di-ta-er-xin…” the student muffled; his face turned grey, “Excuse me, I may not have pronounced the word correctly…”

(To be continued.)