Just Ask the Boss

(Originally in English)

There was a guy who went into a shop to buy a parrot. There were

three parrots in the shop. One was $5,000; another one, $10,000;

and the third one, $30,000. The customer asked the owner,

“How come this guy is $5,000? That’s so expensive for this kind

of parrot.” The owner said, “Because I have trained him and he

can talk.” So the customer asked him, “How about this guy?

What can he do that makes him so expensive?” The owner said,

“Well, apart from talking, he can also do some amusing actions,

like dancing and so on. That’s why he’s so expensive.”

Then the customer said, “How about the third one? What can

he do that makes him so expensive?” The owner of the shop

said, “I don’t know. Normally, I have never heard him talk,

nor dance, nor whistle, nor sing, nothing at all!

But the other two call him ‘The Boss.’”

老板最大

有個(gè)人到一間商店買(mǎi)鸚鵡。店里有三只鸚鵡，其中一只賣(mài)五千元，

另一只賣(mài)一萬(wàn)元，還有一只賣(mài)三萬(wàn)元。顧客問(wèn)老板：「為什么

這只要賣(mài)五千元？這個(gè)價(jià)錢(qián)對(duì)這種鸚鵡來(lái)說(shuō)太貴了！」老板說(shuō)：

「因?yàn)槲矣杏?xùn)練他講話。」顧客又問(wèn)：「那這只呢？他會(huì)做什么？

為什么要賣(mài)這么貴？」老板說(shuō)：「他除了會(huì)說(shuō)話之外，還會(huì)表演

一些有趣的動(dòng)作，好比說(shuō)跳舞等等，所以才賣(mài)這么貴。」

顧客接著又問(wèn)：「那第三只呢？他會(huì)做什么？為什么要賣(mài)這么貴？」

老板說(shuō)：「我不知道。我從沒(méi)聽(tīng)過(guò)他講話、吹口哨或唱歌，

也沒(méi)看過(guò)他跳舞，什么都沒(méi)有！不過(guò)另外兩只叫他：『老板！』」