短篇英语故事 1 : 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 amusing 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
Normally, I have never heard him talk, nor dance, nor whistle, nor sing, nothing at all
But the other