The Best Sslesman in the World

盛丹丹

Harry saw an ad in a window. It said, “Wanted. The Best Salesman in the World. Top pay.”

“Im a great salesman,” Harry told himself, “I can sell anything. Ill go in and ask for that job.”

He went into the building and spoke to the manager.

“Im the best salesman in the world,” he said, “Give me the job.”

“You must prove youre the best,” the manager said.

“Ill pass every test you give me,” Harry told him.

“Good.”

The manager took a box of candy out of his desk.

“Last week, I bought 1,000 boxes of this candy. If you can sell them all before the end of the week, you can have the job.”

“Thats very easy,” Harry said.

He took the boxes of candy and left the office.

Every day and all day he went from shop to shop, trying to sell boxes of the candy, but he couldnt sell one.

The candy was so bad that he couldnt even give it away.

At the end of the week he went back to the manager.

“Im sorry, sir,” he said, “I was wrong about myself. Im not the best salesman in the world, but I know who is.”

“Oh,” the manager asked, “who?”

“The person who sold you the 1,000 boxes of this candy.”

哈利在橱窗上看到一则广告，上面写着：招聘世界上最好的销售员，报酬优厚。

“我是一名了不起的销售员，”哈利自言自语，“任何东西我都能卖出去，我要进去应聘这份工作。”

他走进办公大楼对经理说这件事。

“我是世界上最好的推销员，”他说，“把这份工作给我吧。”

“你必须证明你是最优秀的。”经理说。

“我会通过你给我的每次考验”，哈利告诉他。

“好。”

经理从桌子上拿出了一盒糖果。

“上周我买了1000盒这种糖果。如果你能在这个周末前把这些全部卖出去，你就能得到这份工作。”

“这很简单”，哈利说。

他拿着这些糖果离开了办公室。

每天他都奔波在各个商店之间，努力地推销着糖果。结果他一盒也没卖出去。

这些糖果的质量实在太差，以至于送人都没人要。

周末的时候他回去见经理。

“非常抱歉，先生”，他说，“我错估了自己。我并不是世界上最好的推销员，但我知道谁是最好的了。”

“哦，”经理问，“是谁呢？”

“就是那个卖给你这1000盒糖果的人。”

（摘自《每天读点英文幽默》）