흥정

An old lady stepped up to the ticket window in the railway station and asked "How much is a ticket to Boston?" "That's ten dollars and seventy- nine cents." replied the agent. The old lady turned to the little girl beside her and said "I guess we may as well buy our tickets here. I've asked at all these windows and they are the same price everywhere."

철도역 매표구에 다가선 늙은 부인이 "보스턴까지 얼마요?"하고 물었다. "10달러79센트입니다"고 계원이 대답했다. 할머니는 함께 온 어린 소녀를 보고 말했다. "여기서 표를 사야겠다.

창구마다 가봤지만 모두 같은 값이잖니."