One day, an old man without an umbrella was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining heavily. The old man felt hungry and cold. He found a restaurant and wanted to stay in it. It was a quarter past six in the afternoon. There were a lot of people in it. Some were eating and some were chatting around fire. There was no room for the old man. The old man couldn't come near the fire (火). He thought hard. At last he said to the waiter, "Take some fish to my horse." The waiter and the people in the restaurant were very surprised . The waiter said, "A horse doesn't eat fish." The old man told the waiter, "This horse is very interesting. It can sing, dance and do all kinds of things. It can eat fish, too." So the waiter brought the horse some fish.
All the other people in the restaurant ran out to see the horse eat fish except(除...之外) the old man. Now the old man sat close to the fire. After a moment the waiter returned and said, "Your horse didn't eat any fish." The old man said, "Right. Take the fish back and put it on the table．I'll eat it."
