John Smith had wanted to be a pilot since he was a child , so when he won the lottery and had a lot of money , he decided to buy his own plane .
Then he took flying lessons . Unfortunately , he wasn’t a very good student . But at last he passed his pilot’s examination , and had his certificate. He was allowed to fly the plane without an instructor .
For a while he was happy taking the plane on his own . But he soon felt lonely in the plane , so he decided to ask friends to come with him.
But his friends refused . They had all seen how he drove his car . He was not the safest driver on the road.
At last , having no one else to ask , he invited his dentist to join him on a short flight . The dentist, who did not know John well and had never been in a plane before , accepted his invitation.
John wanted to show his dentist what a good pilot he was. After the plane took off , Jhon put the plane into a steep dive. He turned it on its back . He rolled it over and over . He did all kinds of things with the plane.
Throughout the flight, the dentist just kept saying to himself, “What am I doing here ? I must be crazy.”
Finally , John landed the plane safely , though very roughly.
The dentist got out and looked up at him.
“Thanks for both flights ,” he said to John.
“Both flights?” John said , surprised . “But you’ve only had one flight .”
“Oh, no ,” his dentist said. “I’ve had two: my first and my last . ”