非洲的一个部落酋长有三个女儿,前两个女儿既聪明又漂亮,都是被人用九头牛作聘礼取走的。在当地,这是最高规格的聘礼了。第三个女儿到了出嫁的时候,却一直没有人肯出九头牛来娶,原因是她非但不漂亮,还很懒惰。后来一个远乡来的游客听说了这件事,就对酋长说:“我愿意用九头牛换 A tribal chief in Africa has three daughters, the first two daughters are both clever and beautiful, are being taken away with nine cattle. At the local level, this is the highest standard of dowry. When the third daughter came to marry, no one was willing to marry nine cattle because she was not only beautiful but lazy. Later, a visitor from a distant country heard about it, and said to the chief, "I am willing to use the nine-cow cattle exchange