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#12-The Smart Farmer
メリディアン・日本語で載せる英語をもっと簡単にしてくださいませんかと頼のだ読者のお願いに答えるために文書の簡単に書いた英語を毎週掲載する目標を立てました。
A farmer and a banker rode together on a train.
They started talking.
The banker said, "Let's play a game."
"What kind of game?" said the farmer.
"A quiz game," said the banker.
"How does it work?" asked the farmer.
"It is easy." said the banker. "I ask you a question. If you know the answer, I give you 1,000 yen. If you don't, you give me ￥1,000. Then it is your turn to ask me. If I don't know the answer, I give you ￥1,000. If I know, You give me ￥1,000yen."
The farmer said, "I don't think it is fair. You are well educated. I am not. I am just a poor farmer. So let's change it. If you don't know, you give me ￥1,000, but if I don't know, I only give you ￥500.
The banker thought a minute. "OK." he said.
The farmer said, "I will go first. What has three legs and can fly?"
"The banker thought a minute and then said, "I don't know. Here is your ￥1,000." He continued, "Now it is my turn, What has three legs and can fly?"
The farmer said, "I don't know. Here is your ￥500."