jokes from ancient china

Nonsense!

A man liked to follow what others said. One day on his way home he heard someone say "Nonsense." He liked it very much and repeated it again and again while walking.

While hurrying to get on the ferry, he suddenly forgot the word. He looked for it all around the boat.

A boatman noticed what the man was doing and asked, "What are you looking for?"

"A word," the man answered.

"A word cannot get lost," the boatman said. "This is nonsense!"

"Aha! You have found it ," said the man happily. "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

(Compiled and Translated by Liu Jiangting et al.)

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