A dozen,two dozen,three dozen pairswere brought and shown him.
“No,no!Square toes—must have squaretoes.”he insisted.
“But, sir, everybody is wearing shoeswith pointed toes.They are fashionable this Season.
“Im sorry,” said the stout man gravely,as he got up and prepared to leave the shop.“Im very sorry to have troubled you. I’msure.But,you see,Im still wearing my lastseason’s feet!”
他是一个身材高大的人,脚也很大,他的脚趾又宽又长也很大,他得穿很大的皮靴。因此,当他去皮靴店想再买一双靴子的时候,他发现很难买到他想要的皮靴。
店员拿出一打又一打靴子让他看,足足拿出了三打。
“不行,不行!必须是方头的。”他坚持。
“可是,先生,现在大家都穿尖头的。今年流行尖头皮鞋。”
“对不起,”魁梧的男人认真地说。他起身,准备离开。“很抱歉给您添麻烦了。可是,你看,我的脚还是去年流行的样式。”
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