第4章 The Parrot

A man goes to a pet shop to buy a parrot.

"We have three."says the clerk,"This blue one speaks four languages and costs $100, and the red parrot knows six languages and costs $200. The orange one over there costs $300, but doesn't talk at all."

"Three thousand!"exclaims the man,"How come so much?"

"Well, "the clerk goes on,"we don't know what he does, but the other two call him'boss'."

鹦鹉

一个人去宠物店买鹦鹉。

“我们有三只。”店员说，“这只蓝色的会说四种语言，价值100美元；这只红色的懂六种语言，价值200美元；那只橙色的价值300美元，但什么话也不说。”

“300元！”那人大声叫道，“怎么这么贵？”

“噢，”店员接着说道，“我们也不知道为什么，但另两只鹦鹉都叫它‘老板’。”