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There was once an officer who had a young clever but 1 servant(用人). Once it 2 a lot during the 3 and the roads were still muddy(泥泞的) in the morning. The servant was eating his 4 when the officer saw his boots 5 . So he called his 6 and said to him,“I am going for a ride this morning, but my 7 have not been cleaned yet.”
“Sir,”replied(回答) the servant very 8 ,“It rained a lot last night, and there is much 9 on the road now.”
“Yes,”answered the officer,“I agree, but what has that to do with my boots?”
“Well, sir,”explained the servant,“if I clean them now, they will get dirty quickly again. So it is a waste(消费) of time to clean them.”
“Then you don't have to have your breakfast,”said the officer.
“Why?”asked the servant.
“It is a waste of time to eat your breakfast because you will be 10 again in a few hours' time.”
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