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The Automatic Fortune-Teller
On his first visit to a big city, a cowboy spotted an automatic fortune-telling machine. Curious, he inserted a coin. Two seconds later it printed a slip:
'Your name is John Bill. You are 1.58 meters tall and weigh 105 kilograms. You are about to catch the 8:30 train, and great misfortune awaits you.'
While he was still marveling at this, a Native American man approached and insisted that the machine was lying. They agreed to swap clothes to see how it would react.
After changing, John stepped into the booth again, inserted a coin, and read the new slip:
'You are still John Bill, 1.58 meters tall and 105 kilograms. However, you have now missed the 8:30 train, lost your clothes, wallet, and gun, and caught scabies from the swindler.'
Từ vựng trong truyện
- fortune-telling: bói toán
- misfortune: vận rủi
- swap: trao đổi
- booth: buồng nhỏ
- scabies: bệnh ghẻ
- swindler: kẻ lừa đảo
- Ngày đăng: 18/06/2014
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