an engeneering feat

An Engineering Feat

A day he walked, the illiterate farmer,
from a valley in Ecuador, into a town
to visit his doctor.

In the waiting room he leafed through
a car magazine, a picture of a car engine
gave him an idea.

The farmer walked home and with bits
of metal, rubber, petrol and wood, he
made his own transport,

Five miles an hour, what a hoot, his
silly neighbour giggled and completely
missed the point