One day a boy came to his teacher and said: "Teacher, pa wants to know if you like roast¹ pig.""I certainly do," said the teacher, "and you tell your father he is very kind to think of me."Days passed, and nothing more was said about the roast pig.Finally the teacher said to the boy: "I thought your father was going to send me over some roast pig.""Yes," said the boy, "He did intend to, but the pig got well."

一天有个男孩去对他老师说：“老师，我爸想知道你是不是爱吃烤猪肉。”“当然了，”老师说，“去告诉你父亲，多谢他想着我。”好几天过去了，再没提起考猪肉的事儿。最后老师对男孩说：“我以为你父亲要给我送点烤猪肉来呢。”“是啊，”孩子说，“他是这么想的，可后来猪又没病了。”