The Cost of a Tantrum | 哭闹的代价

English Original

"I'm sorry, Madam, but I shall have to charge you twenty dollars for pulling your boy's tooth."

"Twenty dollars! Why, I understood you to say that you charged only four dollars for such work!"

"Yes, but this youngster yelled so terribly that he scared four other patients out of the office."


中文翻译

“抱歉,夫人,为您孩子拔牙我需要收取20美元。”

“20美元!为什么?我记得您说过这种服务只收4美元!”

“是的,但您的孩子哭闹得太厉害,把另外四位病人都吓跑了。”

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