A barber was in his shop， busily cutting a man's hair， when a handsome young stranger came in. He had a small boy with him. They sat down together and waited until the barber had finished. Then the young man told the barber to shave him and to cut the small boy's hair.

The barber said， \"Do you want me to cut the boy's hair first， or toshave you?

\"Oh， shaveme，\" said theyoungman. \"Then I'll go down the road and have a glass of wine while you're cutting the boy's hair.\"

The young man sat downinthe barber's chair， and the barber began to shave him.

Whenhehadfinished， the young man got up and said， \"I'll go down the road now and have my wine while you're cutting the boy's hair.\"

\"All right， but I won't take long.\" The barber warned him. The young man went out， the small boy obediently sat down in the barber's chair， and the barber began to cut his hair.

As he had said， he soon finished， and then the boy sat down and waited. At the end of half an hour， when the young man had still not come back， the barber said to the boy， \"It is a pity that your daddy's taking such a long time. Where is he likely to be now?\"

\"I can't guess，\" answered the small boy.\"And that man wasn't my daddy.I've never seen him before in my life. I was playing in the street this morning， and he came up to me and asked me whether I'd like to have my hair cut without having to pay anything. I said I would， because my hair was rather long， so he brought me here.\"

理發(fā)師正在忙著給人剪頭發(fā)，這時(shí)一個(gè)英俊的年輕人走進(jìn)了理發(fā)店，身邊跟著一個(gè)小男孩兒。他們一起坐了下來。等到理發(fā)師忙完了，年輕人讓理發(fā)師給他刮刮臉，給小男孩兒剪剪頭發(fā)。

理發(fā)師問：“先給小孩兒剪發(fā)呢，還是先給你刮臉?”

“哦，先給我刮臉吧?！蹦贻p人說，“這樣你在給他剪發(fā)的時(shí)候，我到路那邊兒喝杯酒去。”

于是年輕人坐在椅子上，理發(fā)師開始給他刮臉。

刮完臉后，年輕人站了起來，他說，“我到路那邊兒喝一杯去了，你給孩子剪吧。”

理發(fā)師提醒他說：“好吧，不過快點(diǎn)兒，我用不了多少時(shí)間就剪好了?！蹦贻p人走了出去，小男孩乖乖地坐在理發(fā)室的椅子上，理發(fā)師開始給他剪頭發(fā)。

正如理發(fā)師所說的，他很快就剪完了，于是小男孩坐下來等著。半小時(shí)之后，那個(gè)年輕人還沒有回來，理發(fā)師對(duì)小男孩說：“真是的，你爸爸去了這么久也不回來。他現(xiàn)在在哪兒呢?”

“我可不知道，”小男孩回答，“那個(gè)人不是我爸爸，我以前從沒見過他。今天早晨我在街上玩兒，他走到我跟前問我是否愿意免費(fèi)剪頭發(fā)。我說愿意，因?yàn)槲业念^發(fā)太長了，于是他就帶我來這兒了?！?/p>