The Price of Deceit | 欺骗的代价

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Old Farmer Johnson was on his deathbed, his family gathered around him. In a weak voice, he said to his wife, "When I'm gone, I want you to marry Farmer Jones."

"No," she replied. "I couldn't marry anyone after you."

"But I want you to," Johnson insisted.

"But why?" his wife asked, puzzled.

Johnson's final words held a bitter truth: "Because Jones once cheated me in a horse deal."

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