A poor man entered a doctor’s consulting-room. He looked very unhappy.

“Doctor,” he said, “you must help me. I swallowed a penny about a month ago.”

“Good heavens, man!” said the doctor. “Why have you waited so long? Why don’t you come to me on the day you swallowed it?”

“To tell you the truth, Doctor,” the poor man replied, “I didn’t need the money so badly then.”

一个穷人走进诊所。他满脸忧愁。

“大夫。”他说道：“您一定得帮帮我啊。大约在一个月前，我把一枚便士给吞进肚子里去了。”

“天哪！伙计。”大夫说道：“你怎么耽搁了这么久呢？你吞下它时怎么不来找我呢？”

穷人答道：“大夫，实话跟您说吧。当时我还并不急着用这钱呢！”

（通讯员华东政法学院 孙晓琳）