第3章 无敌腹黑(3)
“今天你是第六条！”渔夫回答说。
22 A Large Hole
There was a farmer who lived near a road.
It was not a busy road，but from time to time，cars passed the farm.
Near the farm gate，there was a large hole in the road.This hole was always full of water，and the drivers of the cars could not see how deep the hole was.They thought it was probably shallow.Then when they drove into the hole，they could not drive out because it was so deep.
The farmer did not spend much time working on his farm.He spent most of it watching the hole.When a car drove into it，he pulled the car out with his tractor and charged the driver a lot of money for doing this.
One day，the driver of a car said to him，"You must make a lot of money pulling cars out of this hole night and day."
"Oh，no，"the farmer said，"I don't pull cars out of the hole at night but fill the hole with water."
大水坑
有个农夫住在路边上。
尽管这不是交通拥堵路段，但有时也有汽车从农场路过。
农场大门旁边的路上有个大坑，坑里常常满是水，汽车司机看不出坑有多深，他们以为可能很浅。而司机们一旦把车开进坑里，就别想再开出来，因为坑太深了。
农夫也不怎么在农场里干活，大部分时间都在看着这个坑。当汽车开进坑里时，他就用拖拉机把它拉上来，然后向司机收很多钱。
一天，一位汽车司机对他说：“你夜以继日把汽车往外拉，肯定赚了很多钱。”
“噢，不，”农夫说，“我夜里不拉车，而是往这坑里灌水。”
23 A Shoebox
A man asks a woman to marry him，but before she agrees，she tells him that she keeps a shoebox under the bed and she never wants him to look in it.He understands.He figures he doesn't like people looking in his wallet，and agrees that he will never look in the shoebox.
Well，five years go by and they are happily married.The husband is home alone one day and curiosity gets the best of him.He opens the box and looks inside three eggs and $5000 in cash.He is clueless.
When his wife comes home he confesses to looking in the box."Now you have to tell me what it means."he says.
"OK."she answers，"Every time I've had an affair on you，I put an egg in the box."
The man is flabbergasted.But then he thinks about it，and figures three affairs in five years isn't too bad.He takes a deep breath and realizes he can deal with it."So then what is the $5000？"he asks.
"Every time the box is full，I'll sell them."she answers.
鞋盒
有个男子向女友求婚，在答应他的求婚之前，女子告诉他，她在床底下藏了一只鞋盒，并要他答应绝对不能去看盒子里的东西。男子表示他能够理解，他也不喜欢人去翻他的皮夹。
五年过去了，他们一直过着幸福的婚姻生活。有一天，先生独自在家，他的好奇心战胜了理智，于是他把鞋盒打开，看到里面放着三个蛋和五千元的现金。
他觉得莫明奇妙。当妻子回家之后，他坦承自己偷看鞋盒的事。“现在你可以告诉我这些东西代表什么吗？”他问。
“可以。”他的妻子回答。“我每有一次外遇，就会在鞋盒里放粒蛋。”
男子听了愣住，但后来他想了一想，五年中有三次外遇还不算太坏。他深吸了一口气接受了这个事实。“那五千元又代表什么呢？”男子又问。“每次累积到一打蛋，我就会拿去卖钱。”妻子回答道。
24 NASA Mars Mission
NASA was interviewing professionals they were planning on sending to Mars.The touchy part was that only one guy could go and it would be a one way trip，that is to say the guy would never return to the Earth.
The interviewer asked the first applicant，an engineer，how much he wanted to be paid for going.
"One million dollars，"the engineer answered，"and I want to donate it all to my almamater-Rice University."
The next applicant was a doctor，and the interviewer asked him the same question.
"Two millions dollars，"the doctor said，"and I want to give a million to my family and leave the other million for the advancement of medical research."
The last applicant was a lawyer.When asked how much money he wanted，he whispered in the interviewer's ear，"Three million dollars."
"Why so much more than the others？"the interviewer asked.
The lawyer replied，"You give me three million，I'll give you one million，I'll keep a million，and we'll send the engineer."