An Unsuccessful Lie
(Originally in Chinese)
The phone rang, and the teacher answered it, saying,
"Hello, may I help you?"
A voice said from the other end, "Is this Mr. Hsieh? I would
like to inform you that Tony cannot come to school today."
The teacher asked, "Who is this, please?"
"This is my father speaking, of course," came the answer.
露出破綻
有一位老師的電話響了，他拿起來問：「喂！請問找誰？」
對方說：「您是不是謝老師？我想告訴您，今天湯尼
沒辦法上學(xué)?！谷缓竽莻€老師說：「那請問你是誰呀？」
對方回答說：「這個就是我的爸爸講的！」
(Originally in Chinese)
The phone rang, and the teacher answered it, saying,
"Hello, may I help you?"
A voice said from the other end, "Is this Mr. Hsieh? I would
like to inform you that Tony cannot come to school today."
The teacher asked, "Who is this, please?"
"This is my father speaking, of course," came the answer.
露出破綻
有一位老師的電話響了，他拿起來問：「喂！請問找誰？」
對方說：「您是不是謝老師？我想告訴您，今天湯尼
沒辦法上學(xué)?！谷缓竽莻€老師說：「那請問你是誰呀？」
對方回答說：「這個就是我的爸爸講的！」