English Original
A lawyer's dog, running about unleashed, beelines for a butcher shop and steals a roast. The butcher goes to the lawyer's office and asks, "If a dog running unleashed steals a piece of meat from my store, do I have a right to demand payment from the dog's owner?"
The lawyer answers, "Absolutely."
"Then you owe me $8.50. Your dog was loose and stole a roast from me today."
The lawyer, without a word, writes the butcher a check for $8.50.
Some time later, the butcher opens his mail and finds an envelope from the lawyer. Inside is a note: "$20 due for a consultation."
中文翻译
一位律师的狗挣脱了绳索，径直跑到一家肉店，偷走了一大块烤肉。肉店老板来到那位律师的办公室问道：“如果一只没被拴住的狗从我的店里偷了一块肉，我是否有权向狗的主人索要赔偿？”
律师回答：“当然有。”
“那么你欠我8.5美元。今天你的狗跑出来，偷了我的烤肉。”
律师二话没说，给肉店老板开了一张8.5美元的支票。
一段时间后，肉店老板打开邮件，发现一封律师寄来的信。里面有一张便条，写着：“请支付20美元咨询费。”