Mr Smith goes to a dinner party. He is wearing old clothes. He comes into the room, but people in the room don’t look at him. They don’t ask him to sit at the table.

　　史密斯先生參加一個晚宴。他穿著舊衣服進入了宴會廳。但是屋里的人們都不看他，也不請他坐在桌子旁。

　　Mr Smith goes home and puts on his good clothes. He goes back to the party. Everyone in the room stands up and smiles at him. They give him very good food to eat.

　　史密斯先生回到家穿上了他漂亮的衣服，他返回宴會。屋里面的每個人都站起來向他微笑。他們給他非常好的食物享用。

　　Mr Smith takes off his coat, and puts it among the food and says, “Eat, coat!”

　　史密斯先生脫下他的衣服，把它放在食物中說道：“吃吧，衣服!”

　　The other people asked: “What are you doing?”

　　其他人問道：“你在做什么?”

　　He answers: “I’m asking my coat to eat food. When I am wearing my old clothes, you don’t look at me. You don’t ask me to sit down. Now I’m in these clothes, and you give me very good food. Now I see, you give the food for my clothes not for me.”