English Original
One day, a man went to a fish shop to buy some fish for his dinner. He picked up a fresh fish, examined it carefully, then held it up to his nose.
"Hey! What are you doing?" cried the shopkeeper. "Why are you smelling that fish? Do you think it's bad?"
"No," answered the man.
"Then why is your face so close to it?" asked the shopkeeper.
"I wasn't smelling it," said the man. "I was only talking to it."
"Talking to it!" exclaimed the shopkeeper. "What on earth did you say?"
"I asked it if there was any news," replied the man.
"Well, what did the fish say?" asked the shopkeeper.
"It said it didn't know the latest news, because it had been away from the sea for more than three weeks."
中文翻译
一天，一位男士去鱼店买鱼做晚餐。他拿起一条新鲜的鱼，仔细检查了一番，然后把它举到鼻子前。
"嘿！你在干什么？"店主喊道。"你为什么闻那条鱼？你觉得它不新鲜吗？"
"不，"男士回答。
"那你为什么把脸凑那么近？"店主问。
"我没有在闻它，"男士说，"我只是在跟它说话。"
"跟它说话！"店主惊呼，"你到底说了什么？"
"我问它有没有什么新闻，"男士回答。
"那么，鱼怎么说的？"店主问。
"它说它不知道最新的消息，因为它离开大海已经三个多星期了。"