"I am selling roses，"he said."Do you want any？ They are quite cheap.Five pence for a big bunch.They are fresh.I picked them this afternoon."
"My boy，"Mrs Williams answered，"I pick roses whenever I want，and don't pay anything for them，because I have lots in my garden."
"On，no，you haven't，"said the small boy，"There aren't any roses in your garden-because they are here in my hand！"
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它們都在我手裏
威廉姆斯太太喜愛花卉，並有一個小小的、美麗的花園。夏天裏，她的玫瑰花總是她這條街上最好的。有一個夏天的下午，她家的門鈴響了，她走到前門，看到一個小男孩站在外麵。他大約七歲，手裏捧著一大束美麗的玫瑰花。
“我在賣玫瑰花”，他說，“您想要點嗎？很便宜的，五分錢一大束。它們都很鮮豔，我今天下午才摘的。”
“我的孩子，”威廉姆斯太太回答，“隻要我願意，我隨時都能摘玫瑰，而且不用付錢，因為我自己花園裏有好多。”
“哦，不，你沒有了，”小男孩說，“您花園裏沒有玫瑰花了，它們都在我手裏！”
(7) Pension
養老金
From Ernest's point of view，the interview was going very well indeed.Six days before，he had applied for a job with a small business company and now he was being interviewed by one of the directors.The advertisement had invited applications from ambitious young men who would be willing to travel abroad at short notice if necessary and who would not mind working irregular hours.Ernest had taken great pains not to say anything silly and the director seemed to be most impressed.
"You say，you're not married Mr.Reeves，"the director said.
"No sir，"Ernest answered."I'm getting married next June，but I'm sure my future wife won't have any objection to my keeping irregular hours."
"I see from your application form you have worked as a salesman for two years.Why do you wish to change your job now？"
"I found the work too dull，sir，"Ernest answered.
"That's a refreshing change，"the director said."Most young men these days seem to want dull jobs.The first question young men ask me is whether the job I'm offering carries a pension.They want to retire before they start！"
"Does the job carry a pension，sir？" Ernest asked anxiously.
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養老金
歐內斯特認為，麵試確實進行得非常好。六天前，他向一家小公司申請一份工作，現在這家公司的一個主管對他進行麵試。招聘廣告征求有誌青年願意在必要的時候能隨時派往國外，並且不在乎沒有規律的工作時間。歐內斯特竭力使自己不說傻話，看來主管已對他留下深刻印象。
“你說你還沒有結婚，裏夫斯先生？”主管說。
“是的，先生，”歐內斯特回答，“我要在明年六月份結婚，不過我肯定我未來的妻子不會對我無規律的工作時間有任何異議。”