A man took his son to have an aching tooth pulled by the dentist. When it had been drawn¹, the man was asked to pay ten dollars for it.

 

"Ten dollars!" he exclaimed surprised and said to the dentist, "I know you only charge two dollars for pulling a tooth. Why do you raise the price at will（随意）?"

 

The dentist said, "Yes, but your son cried out so loud that four other patients were frightened away."

 

有个人带着他的儿子去找牙医给他拔掉一只痛牙。牙医把他的牙齿拔掉后，要这个人付10美元。

 

这个人惊讶得大叫道：“10美元！我知道你拔一只牙是只收2美元，为什么任意涨价呀？”

 

牙医说：“没错，可是你的儿子喊叫得那么凶，把另外四个病人都吓跑了嘛！”

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