6. Did you say treatment, or cure?

Two farmers met with each other, and the first one said, "Didn't your horse have that disease that was going around?" The friend replied, "Yes, he did! He had it bad." "So, what did you do for him?" Asked the first farmer. "Well, I dosed1 him with a half pint2 of linseed3 oil, a tablespoon4 of turpentine5, and three tablespoons of castor6 oil."

A few days later, the two farmers met again. The first farmer asked his friend, "Didn't you tell me you gave your horse a half pint of linseed oil, a tablespoon of turpentine, and three tablespoons of castor oil?"

The second said, "Yes, I sure did!"

The first farmer exclaimed7, "I thought that's what you said, but when I gave it to my horse, he died!"

And the friend said, "Of course! Mine did, too!"

Notes:

1. dose 服药

2. pint （计量单位）品脱，升

3. linseed 亚麻籽

4. tablespoon 餐匙，汤匙

5. turpentine 松节油

6. castor 蓖麻

7. exclaim 喊叫

只问方法，不问结果

两个农夫相遇，第一个农夫说：“你的马不是感染了正在流行的疾病吗？”他的朋友回答：“是啊，它被传染了！病得很重呢！”第一个农夫又问：“那你怎么照顾它？”“我喂它喝足了半品脱的亚麻仁油，一大匙松节油和三大匙蓖麻油。”

几天后，这两个农夫又碰面了。第一个农夫问他的朋友：“你不是跟我说，你喂你的马喝了半品脱亚麻仁油，一大匙松节油和三大匙蓖麻油吗？”

第二个农夫说：“是啊，没错！”

第一个农夫大声叫道：“我记得你是这么说的，但是我喂我的马喝下那些东西后，它却死了！”

第二个农夫说：“这是当然的啦！我的马也死了啊！”

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