English Original
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."
中文翻译
老农约翰逊奄奄一息，家人围在他的床边。他用微弱的声音对妻子说：“我死后，我要你嫁给农夫琼斯。”
“不，”她回答，“在你之后，我不会嫁给任何人。”
“但我希望你这么做，”约翰逊坚持道。
“可这是为什么？”妻子困惑地问。
约翰逊的遗言道出了一个苦涩的真相：“因为琼斯曾在一笔马匹交易中欺骗了我。”