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There was a poor man who worked for a landlord. The landlord made the man work hard all day long. But he paid him very little money, and didn't give him much food.
一個窮人給地主幹活兒。地主一天到晚叫他賣力幹活兒，工錢卻給得很少，也不讓他吃飽飯。
One day, when the man was having breakfast, the landlord came and said to him, “It's too much trouble to go to work and then come back for lunch, then go to the fields again and come back for supper.
有一天，窮人正吃著早飯，地主過來對他說：“你每天先去上工，再回來吃午飯，再下地幹活兒，然後再回來吃晚飯，這簡直太麻煩了。
So I want you to have your breakfast and lunch and supper now before you go to the fields.” How could a man eat three meals all together? But the farmhand thought and said, “All right.”
所以，你不如索性一口氣把早飯、午飯、晚飯都吃好，再去地裡幹活兒吧。” 人怎麼能一次把三餐都吃下去呢？最後，僱農想了想，說：“好吧。”
He finished his breakfast and went out. Half an hour later, when the landlord went out for a walk, he saw the farmhand sitting under a tree and smoking. The landlord was very angry. “Why, aren't you working in the fields?”he asked.
他吃完早飯就出去了。 半小時以後，地主出門散步，看見僱農在一棵樹底下坐著抽菸。地主生氣極了。“怎麼回事兒？你不是在地裡幹活兒嗎？”他問。
The farmhand said with a smile, “I've already had my supper. And you know very well that after supper it's time for rest.”
僱農笑著說：“我已經吃完晚飯了。你應該很清楚吧？晚飯過後是休息時間呀。”
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