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There was a guy who went into a shop to buy a parrot. There werethree 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 kindof 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 amusing1 actions, like dancing and so on. That's why he's so expensive." Then the customer said, "How about the third one? What canhe do that makes him so expensive?" The owner of the shopsaid, "I don’t know. Normally2, I have never heard him talk, nor dance, nor whistle, nor sing, nothing at all! But the other two call him 'The Boss.'"

有个人到一间商店买鹦鹉。店里有三只鹦鹉，其中一只卖五千元，另一只卖一万元，还有一只卖三万元。顾客问老板：“为什么这只要卖五千元？这个价钱对这种鹦鹉来说太贵了！”老板说：“因为我有训练他讲话。”顾客又问：“那这只呢？他会做什么？为什么要卖这么贵？”老板说：“他除了会说话之外，还会表演一些有趣的动作，好比说跳舞等等，所以才卖这么贵。”顾客接着又问：“那第三只呢？他会做什么？为什么要卖这么贵？老板说：“我不知道。我从没听过他讲话、吹口哨或唱歌，也没看过他跳舞，什么都没有！不过另外两只叫他：“‘老板！’”

When the fox first saw1 the lion he was2 terribly3 frightened4. He ran5 away, and hid6 himself7 in the woods.

The second time, however8, he came9 near the lion. He stopped at a safe distance10, and watched him pass by.

The third time they came near one fox went straight11 up to the lion, and stayed the whole12 day with him. He asked the lion how his family was, and when they would13meet again.

They soon became14 good friends.

狐狸第一次见到狮子时非常害怕，赶紧藏到森林里。

当他第二次遇到狮子时，则站在附近看狮子经过。

第三次遇到狮子时，他竟有胆量，走了上去，与狮子进行十分亲切的谈话。

不久，他们变成了好朋友。