Two farmers met with each other, and the first one said, "Didn't your horse have that disease that was going around?" The friend replied, "Yes, he did! He had it bad." "So, what did you do for him?" Asked the first farmer. "Well, I dosed1 him with a half pint2 of linseed3 oil, a tablespoon4 of turpentine5, and three tablespoons of castor6 oil."
A few days later, the two farmers met again. The first farmer asked his friend, "Didn't you tell me you gave your horse a half pint of linseed oil, a tablespoon of turpentine, and three tablespoons of castor oil?"
The second said, "Yes, I sure did!"
The first farmer exclaimed7, "I thought that's what you said, but when I gave it to my horse, he died!"
And the friend said, "Of course! Mine did, too!"
Notes:
1. dose 服藥
2. pint (計量單位)品脫,升
3. linseed 亞麻籽
4. tablespoon 餐匙,湯匙
5. turpentine 松節(jié)油
6. castor 蓖麻
7. exclaim 喊叫
兩個農(nóng)夫相遇,第一個農(nóng)夫說:“你的馬不是感染了正在流行的疾病嗎?”他的朋友回答:“是啊,它被傳染了!病得很重呢!”第一個農(nóng)夫又問:“那你怎么照顧它?”“我喂它喝足了半品脫的亞麻仁油,一大匙松節(jié)油和三大匙蓖麻油?!?
幾天后,這兩個農(nóng)夫又碰面了。第一個農(nóng)夫問他的朋友:“你不是跟我說,你喂你的馬喝了半品脫亞麻仁油,一大匙松節(jié)油和三大匙蓖麻油嗎?”
第二個農(nóng)夫說:“是啊,沒錯!”
第一個農(nóng)夫大聲叫道:“我記得你是這么說的,但是我喂我的馬喝下那些東西后,它卻死了!”
第二個農(nóng)夫說:“這是當然的啦!我的馬也死了??!”
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