A Thoughtful Gift
A man went to Africa on a tour, and decided to buy
a present for his friend in America. But everything
was too expensive for him, just like at every tourist spot.
So he bought a broken vase that cost almost nothing.
He gave the address of his friend in America to
the shopkeeper and asked the shop to wrap the vase
and send it to that address.
He thought that his friend might think that the vase was
broken in the mail and would not blame him for being stingy.
When he got home, he received a thank-you
letter from his friend. The letter said: "Thank you very
much for the broken vase. It was very thoughtful of you
to wrap every broken piece in a sheet of paper."
好周到的禮物
有一個(gè)人去非洲旅游，他想買件禮物送給在美國的朋友，
但是就像所有的觀光景點(diǎn)一樣，那里每一樣?xùn)|西都賣得很貴。
最后他決定買了一個(gè)不值錢的破碎花瓶，然后他把美國朋友
的地址寫給店主，請(qǐng)他把花瓶包好，寄到那個(gè)地址。他心想
那位朋友可能會(huì)以為花瓶是在郵寄途中被弄破的，就不會(huì)嫌他小氣。
回家以后，他收到朋友的感謝函，信上寫道：
「非常感謝你送我一個(gè)破花瓶，而且還把每個(gè)碎片分別
用紙包起來，真是設(shè)想周到！」
A man went to Africa on a tour, and decided to buy
a present for his friend in America. But everything
was too expensive for him, just like at every tourist spot.
So he bought a broken vase that cost almost nothing.
He gave the address of his friend in America to
the shopkeeper and asked the shop to wrap the vase
and send it to that address.
He thought that his friend might think that the vase was
broken in the mail and would not blame him for being stingy.
When he got home, he received a thank-you
letter from his friend. The letter said: "Thank you very
much for the broken vase. It was very thoughtful of you
to wrap every broken piece in a sheet of paper."
好周到的禮物
有一個(gè)人去非洲旅游，他想買件禮物送給在美國的朋友，
但是就像所有的觀光景點(diǎn)一樣，那里每一樣?xùn)|西都賣得很貴。
最后他決定買了一個(gè)不值錢的破碎花瓶，然后他把美國朋友
的地址寫給店主，請(qǐng)他把花瓶包好，寄到那個(gè)地址。他心想
那位朋友可能會(huì)以為花瓶是在郵寄途中被弄破的，就不會(huì)嫌他小氣。
回家以后，他收到朋友的感謝函，信上寫道：
「非常感謝你送我一個(gè)破花瓶，而且還把每個(gè)碎片分別
用紙包起來，真是設(shè)想周到！」