English Original
A man went into a shop to buy a parrot. There were three parrots for sale: one priced at $5,000, another at $10,000, and the third at $30,000.
The customer asked the shop owner, "Why is this one $5,000? That seems very expensive for this type of parrot."
The owner replied, "Because I have trained him, and he can talk."
"What about this one?" the customer then asked. "What can he do to justify such a high price?"
"Well," said the owner, "apart from talking, he can also perform some amusing actions, like dancing. That's why he's more expensive."
Finally, the customer pointed to the third parrot. "And this one? What can he do that makes him so expensive?"
The shop owner said, "I don't know. Normally, I have never heard him talk, nor dance, nor whistle, nor sing—nothing at all! But the other two call him 'The Boss.'"
中文翻译
有个人走进一家商店想买鹦鹉。店里有三只鹦鹉出售：一只要价五千美元，另一只一万美元，第三只则要三万美元。
顾客问店主：“为什么这只卖五千美元？对这个品种的鹦鹉来说，这似乎太贵了。”
店主回答：“因为我训练过它，它会说话。”
“那这只呢？”顾客接着问。“它有什么本事，能卖这么高的价钱？”
“嗯，”店主说，“除了说话，它还会表演一些有趣的动作，比如跳舞。所以它更贵一些。”
最后，顾客指向第三只鹦鹉。“那这只呢？它做了什么，让它这么贵？”
店主说：“我不知道。通常，我从没听它说过话，也没见它跳过舞、吹过口哨或唱过歌——什么都不会！但是另外两只鹦鹉叫它‘老板’。”