Matt and his wife lived in the country. Matt was very stingy
and hated spending money. One day a fair is held in the nearby
town.
  “Let’s go to the fair, Matt,” his wife said. “We haven’t been
anywhere for a long time.”
  Matt thought about this for a while. He knew he would have
to spend money at the fair. At last he said, “All right, but I’m not
going to spend much money. We’ll look at things, but we won’t
buy anything.”
  They went to the fair and looked at all the things to buy.
There were many things Matt’s wife wanted to buy, but he would

not let her spend any money.
  Then, in a nearby field, they saw a small airplane.
  “Fun flights!” the notice said, “10 dollars for 10 minutes.”
  Matt had never been in an airplane and he wanted to go on
a fun flight. However, he didn’t want to have to pay for his wife
as well.
  “I’ve only got $10,” he told the pilot. “Can my wife come
with me for free?” The pilot wasn’t selling many tickets, so he
said, “I’ll make a bargain with you. If your wife doesn’t scream
or shout, she can have a free flight.”
  Matt agreed, and got into the small airplane with his wife.
  The pilot took off and made his airplane do all kinds of
things. At one moment it was flying upside down.
  When the plane landed, the pilot said, “OK. Your wife didn’t
make a sound. She can have her ride free.”
  “Thank you,” Matt said. “It wasn’t easy for her, you know,
especially when she fell out.”

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  马特和妻子住在乡下。马特非常吝啬，极其讨厌花钱。一天，附近的城
镇举办一次集市。
  妻子说：“亲爱的，我们去集市吧。我们已经很久没有到处逛逛了。”
  马特想了一会儿，琢磨着去集市就得花钱。最后他开口说：“好吧，但
是我不想花太多的钱。我们只看，不买。”
  他们去了集市，看到了好多想买的东西。妻子想买，但是马特却不让她
花一分钱。
  后来，他们看到一架小型飞机停在附近的一块空地上。
  海报上写着：“想体会在天上飞的乐趣吗？十分钟十美元。”
  马特从未坐过飞机，想体验一下在天上飞的乐趣。然而，他却不想为妻
子花钱。
  他问飞行员：“我只有十美元，我的妻子可以随我免费乘坐吗？”飞行
员并没有卖出去几张票，因此他说：“我可以给你打折，只要你妻子不尖
叫、不大喊，就可以免费。”
  马特同意了，就和妻子一同登上了那架小型飞机。
  飞机起飞了，还在天上做了各式各样的动作。有一刻，飞机还在空中倒
转过来。
  飞机着陆时，飞行员说：“很好，你的妻子没发出一点儿声音，她可以
免费。”
  马特说：“谢谢。要知道，对她来说可真不容易，特别是当她从飞机上
掉下去的时候。”