He couldn't swim the Atlantic
An American visiting Scotland met a shepherd with a beautifulsheep dog. The American offered the owner $50 for the dog ,but the shepherdrefused. "I couldn't part with Jack," he said.
Just then, a man with an English accent walked up and made the same offer. Theshepherd agreed, pocketed money and handed over the dog.
The American was very angry. "You told me you wouldn't sell thatdog," he cried .
"No ,no" said the shepherd. "I said I couldn't part with and is nit that far away and Jack will be back in a couple of days . But hecouldn't swim the Atlantic".
它遊不過大西洋
一個訪問蘇格蘭的美國人碰到一個牧羊人帶著個漂亮的牧羊狗。美國人願出價50美元買這隻狗，可是牧羊人拒絕了。“我不能和傑克分離，”他說。
就在這時，一個英格蘭口音的人走過，出相同的.價錢。牧羊人的同意了，他把錢裝起來，把狗遞過去。
美國人很生氣，“你告訴我你不願賣這隻狗的，”他大聲說。
“不，不”牧羊人說，“我說過我不能與他分離。英格蘭並不太遠，傑克幾天後就會回來。可是，它遊不過大西洋呀”。