[英语幽默] Cheap price for a horse

齐祖

After his beloved horse died, a man wanted to place an ad in the newspaper like this:\" Horse saddle and bridle for $50.\"
一个人衷爱的马死了，他打算在报上登则广告如下：“50元卖马鞍和马缰绳。”

Inadvertently the paper added a comma to the ad, which read instead:\"Horse, saddle and bridle for $50.\"
无意中报纸在广告语中加了个逗号，读起来成这样了，“50元卖马，马鞍和马缰绳。”

Immediately someone responded to the ad,\" That''s an awfully cheap price for a horse,\" said the caller,\" What''s wrong with your horse?\"
马上就有人询问这则广告，“这马的价格真是太便宜了 ”询问者说，“马有什么毛病吗？”

\"Well, he is dead,\" replied the man who placed the erroneously typed ad.
“哦，它是死的，”安排这条误入的广告的人回答道。


saddle 马鞍

bridle 缰绳

Inadvertently 不注意地

erroneously 错误地