Почти байка (рассказ),
почти про Ролекс (про часы),
почти на русском (на английском)
Written in 1870 by Mark Twain (1835-1910)
"My Watch: An Instructive Little Tale"
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My uncle William (now deceased, alas!) used to say that a good horse was a good horse until it had run away once, and that a good watch was a good watch until the repairers got a chance at it. And he used to wonder what became of all the unsuccessful tinkers, and gunsmiths, and shoemakers, and engineers, and blacksmiths; but nobody could ever tell him. |