你知道我是干什么的嗎？
One night a hotel caught fire,and the people who were staying in it ran out in their night clothes.
Two men stood outside and looked at the fire.
"Before I came out," said one,"I ran into some of the rooms and found a lot of money. People don't think of money when they're afraid. When anyone leaves paper money in a fire, the fire burns it. So I took all the bills that I could find.No one will be poorer because I took them."
"You don't know my work?" said the other.
"What is your work?"
"I'm a policeman.
"Oh!" cried the first man. He thought quickly and said,"And do you know my work?""No,"said the policeman.
"I'm a writer. I'm always telling stories about things that never happened."
一天晚上，一家旅館失火，住在這家旅館里的人穿著睡衣就跑了出來。
兩個人站在外面，看著大火。
“在我出來之前，”其中一個說：“我跑進一些房間，找到了一大筆錢。人在恐懼中是不會想到錢的。如果有人把紙幣留在火里，火就會把它燒成灰燼。所以我把我所能找到的鈔票都拿走了。沒有人會因為我拿走它們而變得更窮。”
“你不知道我是干什么的。”另一個說。
“你是干什么的？”
“我是警察。”
“噢！”第一個人喊了一聲。他靈機一動，說：“那你知道我是干什么的？”“不知道。”警察說。
“我是個作家。我總是愛編一些從未發生過的故事。”
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