English Original
A man who collected antiques came to a village one day and found a very old-looking blue bowl on the ground. A cat was drinking milk from it, and its owner, a farmer, sat nearby. Not wanting to reveal his interest in the bowl, the man quietly said to the farmer, "What a nice cat you have! Will you sell it to me?"
"How much will you give me for the cat?" the farmer asked.
"Thirty dollars. Would that be enough?" The farmer agreed. After paying, the man said, "This cat is used to eating from this bowl. May I take the bowl as well?" But the farmer replied, "I'm sorry, I can't give you the bowl. Thanks to this bowl, I have sold thirty cats."
中文翻译
一位收藏古董的男子有一天来到一个村庄，在地上发现一个看起来非常古老的蓝色碗。一只猫正用它喝牛奶，猫的主人——一位农夫——坐在旁边。男子不想暴露自己对碗的兴趣，便低声对农夫说：“你的猫真漂亮！愿意卖给我吗？”
“你愿意出多少钱买这只猫？”农夫问道。
“三十美元。够吗？”农夫同意了。付钱后，男子说：“这猫习惯用这个碗吃东西。我能把碗也带走吗？”但农夫回答：“抱歉，我不能把碗给你。多亏了这个碗，我已经卖出去三十只猫了。”