English Original
Dan was the doorman of a club in a big city. Every day, thousands of people passed by his door, and many of them would stop to ask him, "What's the time, please?"
After a few months, Dan thought to himself, "I'm not going to answer all those people anymore. I'm going to buy a big clock and put it on the wall here." So he did just that.
"Now people won't stop and ask me the time," he thought happily. But after that, many people stopped, looked at the clock, and then asked Dan, "Is that clock right?"
中文翻译
丹在一个大城市的俱乐部当门卫。每天都有数千人经过他的门口，其中许多人会停下来问他：“请问现在几点了？”
几个月后，丹心想：“我再也不想回答所有这些人了。我要去买一个大钟，挂在这边的墙上。”于是他照做了。
“现在人们不会再停下来问我时间了。”他高兴地想。但此后，许多人停下来，看了看钟，然后问丹：“这钟准吗？”