A Peddler of Selling Earthen Basins (卖瓦盆的小贩)
A peddler sold earthen basins in the wayside, he chanted as knocked :"Earthen basin is round, beautiful and solid, judging by the sound, they are all good." At the time of his knocking, that earthen basin was broken into pieces with a crack(爆裂声) . Lookers-on burst into the roars of laughter. He threw the fragments(碎片,残片) without extra trouble into paddy(稻谷,稻田) field, but an experienced peasant from the crowd did not let him off(放过,不惩罚) easily:" How the deuce (强式特指问句) can you throw them into my field? They’ll impede (妨碍)my growing crops!" The peddler who sold earthen basins tried to explain it away promptly:" Nothing, the fragments will be converted into powder as soon as they absorbed water ." |