A man was looking for things of the old times. One day he came to a village and found a blue bowl. It looked very old. The bowl was on the ground and a cat was drinking milk from it. A farmer, the owner of the cat, was sitting beside the bowl. The man did not want the farmer to know that he was interested in the bowl. So he said to him in a soft voice, "What a nice cat you have! Will you sell it to me?"

"How much will you give me for the cat?" the farmer asked.

"Thirty dollars. Would that be enough?" Later, the farmer agreed. After he paid the farmer, the man said, "This cat is used to eating with his bowl. May I take this bowl with the cat?" But the farmer said, "I'm sorry I can't give you the bowl. Thanks to the bowl, I have sold thirty cats."

一个男人喜欢寻找古董，一天，他来到一个小村庄，发现一个蓝色的碗。它看上去很旧。这个碗在地上，猫用它喝着牛奶，旁边坐着一个农夫，是这只猫的主人。这个人不想让农夫知道他对这只碗很有兴趣。于是他低声对他说，“你的猫真漂亮，能卖给我吗？

“你准备给花多少钱买这只猫？”这个农夫问。

“三十美元。这样够了吗？农夫答应。他把钱给了农夫，那人说，“这个猫是用这只碗吃食物吧。我可以把这碗也带走吗？“但农夫说，“非常抱歉，我不能给你的碗。感谢谢这只碗，因为它我已经卖了三十只猫。”