Tragedy and Calamity

A man asked another:

— What is the difference between tragedy and calamity?

The other answered:

— Tragedy is when your mother in law slips into an abyss and falls in the ocean. Calamity is when somebody rescues her.

Vocabulary Help

• slip – escorregar
• abyss – abismo
• fall (fall, fell, fallen) – cair
• rescue – resgatar