雙語·《伊索寓言》 墨丘利和雕塑家

MERCURY AND THE SCULPTOR

Mercury was very anxious to know in what estimation he was held by mankind; so he disguised himself as a man and walked into a Sculptor's studio, where there were a number of statues finished and ready for sale. Seeing a statue of Jupiter among the rest, he inquired the price of it. “A crown,” said the Sculptor. “Is that all?” said he, laughing; “and” (pointing to one of Juno) “how much is that one?” “That,” was the reply, “is half a crown.” “And how much might you be wanting for that one over there, now?” he continued, pointing to a statue of himself. “That one?” said the Sculptor, “Oh, I'll throw him in for nothing if you'll buy the other two.”

墨丘利和雕塑家

墨丘利很好奇人類怎么看待自己，于是他變身成人，來到一個雕塑家的作坊，那里有一些做好的塑像正在出售。他看到了一個朱庇特的塑像，便詢問那個塑像的價錢。雕塑家說：“一個克朗?！蹦鹄犃舜笮?，道：“才這么點？”然后他指著一個朱諾的塑像問：“這個多少錢？”“半個克朗?！薄澳敲?，那一個多少錢呢？”他指著一個自己的塑像問。雕塑家回答說：“那一個？噢，如果你買了這兩個，那一個就免費送給你。”