An American visiting Scotland met a shepherd with a beautiful sheep dog. The American offered the owner $50 for the dog ,but the shepherd refused. "I couldn't part with Jack¹," he said.

 

Just then, a man with an English accent walked up and made the same offer. The shepherd agreed, pocketed money and handed over the dog.

 

The American was very angry. "You told me you wouldn't sell that dog," he cried .

 

"No ,no" said the shepherd. "I said I couldn't part with him. England is nit that far away and Jack will be back in a couple of days . But he couldn't swim the Atlantic".

 

一个访问苏格兰的美国人碰到一个牧羊人带着个漂亮的牧羊狗。美国人愿出价50美元买这只狗，可是牧羊人拒绝了。“我不能和杰克分离，”他说。

 

就在这时，一个英格兰口音的人走过，出相同的价钱。牧羊人的同意了，他把钱装起来，把狗递过去。

 

美国人很生气，“你告诉我你不愿卖这只狗的，”他大声说。

 

 “不，不”牧羊人说，“我说过我不能与他分离。英格兰并不太远，杰克几天后就会回来。可是，它游不过大西洋呀”。

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