The domestic Ducks
A gentleman who had gone out with his gun was going home one evening without having seen game. he saw a squadron of domestic ducks on a river. With one shot he killed the first duck. A peasant appears on the other side of the water, the owner of the ducks, no doubt. The sportsman throws him a piece of money, which the peasant picks up and promptly pockets. Second shot, second duck down, second piece of money, which silently joins the other in the peasant’s pocket.
Amused by this new sport, the shooter asks:” May I go at the same price?”
|Oh, certainly, sir only I must tell you that those ducks do not belong to me.”
家養的鴨子
一個紳士帶著槍去打獵，晚上，卻空手而歸。他看到河里游著一群家鴨，于是一聲槍響后，他殺死了其中的一只。這時，一個農民出現在河對岸，毫無疑問，他就是這群鴨子的主人。紳士給了農夫一張鈔票，農夫接受了并迅速放進口袋。第二聲槍響后，第二省吃儉用鴨子死了，農夫以又收起了第二張鈔票。
射擊者覺得這很有趣，于是問道：“我能以相同價格帶著這些鴨子離開嗎？”
“當然可以，先生。不過我必須告訴你，這些鴨子不是我的。”
