A photographer wants to take pictures of a forest fire. A small plane waits for him at the airport. The plane will fly him over the fire.

The photographer comes to the airport only an hour before sunset. A small airplane is waiting there. He jumps in with his camera and shouts, “Go!”

The nervous man who is sitting in the pilot’s cabin starts the plane. Soon they’re in the air. There is a strong wind and the plane is making strange moves.

“Fly over the north side of the fire,” says the photographer, “And go very low.”

“Why?” asks the nervous pilot.

“Because I will take pictures!” shouts the photographer. “I’m a photographer!”

The pilot says, “You’re not the flight instructor?”

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