The Scholar’s logic
A rich farmer’s son, who had been bred at the university, always came home at Christmas, to visit his father and mother.
One evening, they were all three at supper, and two fowls having been served up, he told them that, by logic and arithm etic, he could prove those two chickens to be three.
“Well,”, said his father, “You ought to teach us how that can be done.”
“Why!’ cried the scholar. “Tthis in one, and that,” continued he, “is two; one and two, you know, make three.”
Very clever, indeed, and very funny,” returned the father,”but you ought to have told us also, how we are to divide those two fowls among us three. Perhaps you could not have managed that so easily, so I will assist you : your mother shall have the first fowl, I will hav the second, and the third, you may keep for yourself, as reward for your great learning.”
學者的邏輯
一個有錢的農夫，兒子在大學里讀書，圣誕節的時候會回來探望他的父母。一天晚上，他們三口人共進晚餐，傭人端上來了兩只雞，兒子對父母說，按照邏輯上和數學上的道理，他也可以將兩只雞證明成三只。‘好吧，“父親說，”你給我們講講這是怎么回事。”
‘原因就是，“這位學者大聲講解著，”這是一只，這是兩只，‘他繼續說，“一只加兩只，你也知道，就等于三只。”
“講得很清楚，事實上，你講得也很有趣，”父親說，‘但是你最好再告訴我們，我們全家三口人如何分這兩只雞呢？也許你沒法輕易全國人大到，讓我邦你一把，你母親吃第一只，我吃第二只，第三只嘛，你就留給你自己吧，作為你偉大理論的回報。”
