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!” 他是一個身材高大的人,腳也很大,他的腳趾又寬又長也很大,他得穿很大的皮靴。因此,當他去皮靴店想再買一雙靴子的時候,他發現很難買到他想要的皮靴。 店員拿齣一打又一打靴子讓他看,足足拿齣瞭三打。 “不行,不行!必須是方頭的。”他堅持。 “可是,先生,現在大傢都穿尖頭的。今年流行尖頭皮鞋。” “對不起,”魁梧的男人認真地說。他起身,準備離開。“很抱歉給您添麻煩瞭。可是,你看,我的腳還是去年流行的樣式。”