No matter which girl he brought home, the young man found disapproval from his mother. A friend gave him advice. “Find a girl just like your mother—then she's bound to like her. So the young man searched and searched, and finally found the girl.He told his friendly adviser: “Just like you said, I found a girl who looked,talked,dressed, and even cooked like mother.And just as you said,mother liked her” “So,”asked the friend,“what happened?” “Nothing,”said the young man.“My father hates her!”

无论带哪一个女孩回家,这位青年人总会遭到母亲的反对。一位朋友劝他说: “找一个和你母亲一样的女孩——那她一定会喜欢她。” 于是这位青年人不停地找啊找,终于找到了这么个女孩。 正像你说的那样,我找到一个长相、谈吐、穿着打扮,甚至连烹饪都和我母亲一样的女孩。也正像你说的那样,我母亲喜欢她。” “那后来呢?”朋友问。 “没什么,”青年人说。“我父亲讨厌她!”