炸鱼的香味儿炸鱼块儿

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　　A poor traveler stopped under a tree to eat the boiled rice and vegetables which he had brought with him. A few yards away, there was a small shop by the side of the road where a woman was frying fish and selling it to travelers who were able to afford to pay for it. This woman watched the poor traveler carefully, and when he finished his food and began to go, she shouted rudely, "You have not paid me for the fried fish!"
　　"But I have not had any fired fish." he said.
　　"But everyone can see that you enjoyed the smell of my fried fish with your rice and vegetables," argued the woman, "If you had not smelled the fish, your meal would not have been so pleasant!"
　　Soon a crowd collected, although they supported the poor traveler, they had to admit that the wind was blowing from the shop to the place where he had eaten, and that it had carried the smell of the fried fish to him.
　　Finally, the woman took the poor traveler to a judge. The judge listened to the whole story and asked the woman, "What does your fried fish cost?"
　　 "Twenty-five cents a plate." She answered, delighted.
　　"Then go outside together," said the judge. There the traveler must hold up a twenty-five-cent piece so that its shadow falls on the woman"s hand. The price of the smell of a plate of fried fish is the shadow of twenty-five cents.
　　
　　一个穷旅行者在一棵树下停下来，吃起了随身带的煮米饭和菜。不远的路边有一家小商店，一个女士在里面炸鱼，她把炸鱼卖给付得起钱的过路人。女士密切注视着这个穷旅行者，等他吃完了准备要走的时候，女士粗鲁地朝他大喊，“你还没付我炸鱼钱呢。”
　　“可我没吃你的炸鱼啊。”他说。
　　“大家都看见你就着我炸鱼的香味美美地吃了你的米饭和菜。”女士争辩道，“如果没闻着鱼的香味，你能吃得这么香吗?”
　　很快很多人凑了过来，尽管他们都护着贫穷的旅行者，他们却不得不承认风是从商店刮向他吃饭的地方的，确实把炸鱼的香味带给了他。
　　最后，女士把这个穷旅行者带到了法官那里。法官听了事情的经过后，问那位女土：“你的炸鱼怎么卖?”
　　“一盘二十五美分。”她得意地说。
　　“那么请你们一起到外边去吧。”法官说。在外边，法官让旅行者举起一枚二十五美分的钱币，这样，钱币的影子就可以投到女士的手上。那一盘炸鱼香味的价钱就由二十五美分钱币的影子来结清了。

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