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Matt and his wife lived in the country. Matt was very stingy and hated spending money. One day, a fair came to the nearby town.
"Let's go to the fair, Matt," his wife said. "We haven't been anywhere for a long time."
Matt thought for a while. He knew he would have to spend money at the fair. At last he said, "All right, but I'm not going to spend much. We'll look, but we won't buy anything."
They went to the fair and looked at all the things for sale. There were many things Matt's wife wanted, but he would not let her buy any.
Then, in a nearby field, they saw a small airplane.
"Fun flight!" a notice said. "$10 for 10 minutes."
Matt had never been in an airplane and wanted to go. However, he didn't want to pay for his wife.
"I've only got $10," he told the pilot. "Can my wife come with me for free?"
The pilot wasn't selling many tickets, so he said, "I'll make a bargain. If your wife doesn't scream or shout, she can have a free flight."
Matt agreed, and they got into the airplane.
The pilot took off and made the plane do all kinds of maneuvers, even flying upside down.
When the plane landed, the pilot said, "Okay, your wife didn't make a sound. She can have her ride free."
"Thank you," Matt said. "It wasn't easy for her, you know, especially when she fell out."
中文翻译
马特和妻子住在乡下。马特非常吝啬，讨厌花钱。一天，附近的镇上来了一个集市。
“我们去集市吧，马特，”妻子说，“我们好久没出门了。”
马特想了一会儿。他知道去集市就得花钱。最后他说：“好吧，但我不会花太多钱。我们只看看，什么都不买。”
他们去了集市，看了所有待售的东西。马特的妻子看中了很多东西，但他一件都不让她买。
后来，在附近的一片空地上，他们看到一架小飞机。
告示上写着：“趣味飞行！10分钟10美元。”
马特从未坐过飞机，很想去体验一下。然而，他不想为妻子付钱。
“我只有10美元，”他对飞行员说，“我妻子能免费跟我一起坐吗？”
飞行员没卖出多少票，于是说：“我们做个交易。如果你妻子全程不尖叫也不喊叫，她就可以免费飞一次。”
马特同意了，和妻子一起上了飞机。
飞行员起飞后，让飞机做了各种特技动作，甚至倒飞了一会儿。
飞机着陆后，飞行员说：“好了，你妻子一声没吭。她可以免费坐这趟飞机。”
“谢谢，”马特说，“这对她来说可不容易，你知道的，尤其是她掉出去的时候。”