"It's just not there, I tell you!" Carl was getting tired of protesting the same issue. "Listen, we've been looking at this globe map for 20 minutes now. There is NO port of El Diablo in the Caribbean Sea!"

"Well, maybe there WAS one at one time. That's why Professor Jenkins, the head of the Geography Department, is coming. In fact, he should be here any second." Said Steve, getting pretty defensive himself.

Before Carl could reply, a tall, slendor man walked in the room, seemingly in a hurry. "Sorry I'm late, Steve. What was so important that you couldn't wait until my office hours tomorrow?"

Steve started, "You see, we were down at the beach just outside Tampa when we saw a bottle with a note in it, wedged in between some reef rocks. It's kind of hard to make out what it says, but it DOES mention treasure buried on one of the Caribbean Islands, at the port of El Diablo. However, we can't seem to
find any such port on the map. Have you heard of it?"

"El Diablo?" Jenkins responded. "Well, I can't say I have, but I have a bigger question to ask you two. You found an actual bottle, uh...with a note in it...and you think that it leads to treasure? Don't you think that you two are a bit too old for that kind of stuff?"

"Show him the bottom half of the note, all the groups of islands, ports, and cities, Steve." Carl interrupted.

Steve showed Professor Jenkins the bottom half of the a crumpled and worn piece of paper. This is what was written:

'Martinique and Grenada'

'Anguilla, San Juan, Barbados, Grenada and Aruba'

'Port-Au-Prince, Puerto Rico, Caicos Islands and Aruba'

'Anguilla, Caicos Islands, Haiti, Fort-de-France, Port-Au-Prince,
: Aruba and Trinidad'

'Aruba, Santo Domingo, Port-of-Spain and Antigua'

'Aruba, Santo Domingo, Port-Au-Prince and Puerto Rico'

'Havana and Honduras'

'Port-of-Spain, Puerto Rico, Haiti and Antigua'

'Aruba, Port-Au-Prince, Caicos Islands, Santo Domingo, Port-Au-
: Prince, Santo Domingo and Port-of-Spain'

'The Bahamas, Jamaica and Haiti'

'Puerto Rico, Netherlands Antilles and Trinidad'

At first, Jenkins merely snickered as he read the locations. Then his smile turned a bit more serious as he began moving his finger in the air as if he were figuring out a math problem or conducting a miniature orchestra. When he stopped moving his finger about, he smiled even bigger and handed the paper back to Steve. "Well, whether or not there was any treasure at an El Diablo is debatable. However, one thing is for sure...someone's got a sense of humor! Good day boys. I'll see you in class tomorrow, Steve." And with that, Jenkins gathered his things and left the room, still smiling.

Carl and Steve looked at the paper, then at eachother.

Why did Professor Jenkins say that someone had a sense of humor?

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