pAst shAped ThE prEsEnt

A pAssenger tApped the cAb driver to Ask A question. The cAb driver lost control of the cAb, neArly hit Another cAr, missed Another truck, went off the roAd, into A kerb And stopped inches from A shop. For A minute everything wAs silence. “You scAred me to deAth”, the driver screAmed. The pAssenger Apologized And sAid, “I didn’t know thAt gently tApping your bAck could creAte such A pAnic.” The driver replied, ” Sorry. It is not your mistAke. TodAy is my first dAy As A cAb driver. For the lAst 10 yrs I hAve been ferrying deAd bodies in A vAn.”