Joe was going into his usual bar before lunch when he saw a poorly dressed man fishing in a small pool of rain-water about five centimeters deep outside it. Joe stopped and watched the man for a few minutes. He saw that most of tire people who passed by him believed he must be rather mad.

在午饭以前，乔正要去他经常光顾的酒吧，这时，他看见一个衣衫槛褛的人正在酒吧外五厘米深的雨水坑边垂钓。乔停了下来，盯着那个人看了几分钟。他注意到大多数路人都认为那个人精神不正常。

Joe pitied the man，so after a few minutes he went up to him and said kindly，“Hello, would you like to come into the bar and have a drink with me?”

乔可怜那个人，于是几分钟后他走上前去，友好地对他说:“你好，你愿意跟我一块儿到酒吧喝杯酒吗?”

The fisherman was delighted to accept his offer, and the two men went into the bar together. Joe bought the fisherman a few drinks，and finally said to him. "You’ve been fishing outside here，haven’t you? How many did you manage to catch this morning，if I may ask?”

那个垂钓者愉快地接收了他的邀请，于是两个人一同走进酒吧。乔给那个人叫了几杯酒，最后对他说:“你刚才在外面钓鱼，是不是?如果你不介意的话，我能问一下今天早上你钓了几条了?”

"You’ve been the eighth，” the fisherman answered merrily.

“你是第八条，”那个垂钓者开心地说道。