A Penny Saved | 省钱妙招

English Original

A man told his son to take a letter to the post office, buy a three-cent stamp, and mail it.

After a while, his son returned. The man asked him, "Did you mail the letter?"

His son replied, "Certainly, and I saved the three cents. I saw many people dropping letters into a box, so when nobody was looking, I dropped mine in too."


中文翻译

一位父亲让儿子去邮局,买一张三分钱的邮票,然后把一封信寄出去。

过了一会儿,儿子回来了。父亲问他:“信寄了吗?”

儿子回答说:“当然寄了,我还省了三分钱呢。我看到很多人把信投进一个箱子里,所以趁没人注意,我也把我的信投进去了。”

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