从前，在一个叫做雅典的城市里，有一个欠了别人钱的人。
这个人名叫托尼，他的债主叫汤姆。
汤姆一直来找托尼要他欠的钱，但托尼总是说：“对不起，我现在没有钱，你能让我晚点再还吗？”
汤姆不同意，所以他不得不把家里唯一的一只母猪卖了来还钱。
一个想买母猪的人走过来问托尼：“这只猪能生小猪吗？”
托尼回答：“她不仅能生小猪，而且还能生很多。更神奇的是，她在土地女神节会生下一些小母猪，在雅典娜节还会生下一些小公猪。”
买主听了之后非常惊讶，他说：“这怎么可能呢？”
这时，汤姆插话说：“这没什么好惊讶的，因为在酒神节，她还能为你生出一些小山羊呢！”
这个故事告诉我们，有些人为了自己的利益，会编造一些不可能的事情来说谎。
Once upon a time, in a city called Athens, there was a man who owed someone money.
This man's name was Tony and his creditor's name was Tom.
Tom kept coming to Tony asking for the money he owed, but Tony always said, "I'm sorry, I don't have any money right now. Can you let me pay it back later?"
Tom disagreed, so he had to sell his only sow to pay off the debt.
A man who wanted to buy the sow came up to Tony and asked, "Can this sow give birth to piglets?"
Tony replied, "Not only can she give birth to piglets, but she can also give birth to many. More miraculously, she will give birth to some female piglets on the land goddess festival, and some male piglets on the Athena festival."
The buyer was very surprised after hearing this, he said, "How is that possible?"
At this time, Tom interjected, "There's nothing to be surprised about, because on the wine god festival, she can even give birth to some little goats for you!"
This story tells us that some people will make up impossible things to lie for their own benefit.
