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从前有一个很吝啬的家伙。为了变得更加小气吝啬，他决定去拜访另一位远近闻名的小气鬼。他从家里出发前,剪了一张纸鱼，又往空酒瓶里灌了一瓶水，作为他们第一次见面的礼物。但是那天那位著名的小气鬼却不在家。小气鬼的妻子听说他的来意后，收下了礼物，并命令佣人给他一个空杯子说：“请喝茶。”然后她又在空中画了一个圆，说道：“请吃饼。"小气鬼回家后，妻子把事情告诉了他。他得知妻子如此盛情地款待了客人，非常气愤,随手在空中画了一个半圆说道:“半张饼就足够打发他了。” Half a Cake Is Enough There once was a very stingy guy. To become even to pay a visit to another niggard who was known far and he left home, the man cut a paper fish and poured some water into a wine bottle as the gift of their first meet. But the famous niggard was not at home that day. On hearing that man's purpose of coming, his wife accepted the gift and ordered a servant to bring him an empty cup, saying, “Please drink tea. ’’ Then she drew a circle in the air and said, “Please have some cake. ” When that niggard was back home, his wife told him everything. The niggard was very angry to know that his wife had treated that man so much. He drew a half-circle in the air and said, “Only half a cake is enough to send him away.，’ |
