James Patterson: "Saya punya pertanyaan. "Mengapa nama Pearl Harb...

"Saya punya pertanyaan. "Mengapa nama Pearl Harbor terdengar begitu akrab?" Mata letnan kolonel itu menyipit. "Pearl Harbor adalah pangkalan militer AS paling terkenal di dunia," katanya tegas. "Itu satu-satunya tempat di tanah AS yang telah diserang dalam perang, sejak Perang Revolusi." Tak satu pun dari ini yang membunyikan lonceng, tetapi Anda sudah tahu saya benar-benar tidak berpendidikan. Gazzy mencondongkan tubuh untuk berbisik, "Itu film dengan Ben Affleck." Ah. Sekarang saya ingat."

--- James Patterson

Versi Bahasa Inggris

I had a question. "Why does the name Pearl Harbor sound so familiar?" The lieutenant colonel's eyes narrowed. "Pearl Harbor is the most famous U.S. military base in the world," he said crisply. "It's the only place on U.S. soil that has been attacked in a wars, since the Revolutionary War." None of this was ringing a bell, but you already know I'm totally uneducated. Gazzy leaned over to whisper, "It was a movie with Ben Affleck." Ah. Now I remembered.