To Borrow an Ox

Once upon a time, there lived a rich man, but he didn't know any words.

One day, one of his friends wanted to borrow an ox from him, so he wrote a note and asked his servant to take it to this rich man.

After the servant gave the note to the rich man, he pretended¹ to be reading it and after a while, he said, OK, I know. Go and tell your master, I'll go myself shortly².

借公牛一用

从前，有个人很富有，但他不识字。 一天，他的一位朋友想向他借一头公牛，便写了个条，让仆人送到富人那里。

仆人把条子给了富人。富人便假装看了一会儿，然后说道：好啦，我知道了。回去告诉你的主人，我马上自己过去。