A lawyer's dog， running about unleashed， beelines for a butcher shop and steals a roast.

Butcher goes to lawyer's office and asks， "If a dog running unleashed steals a piece of meat from my store， do I have a right to demand payment for the meat from the dog's owner?"

The lawyer answers， "Absolutely." "Then you owe me $8.50. Your dog was loose and stole a roast from me today." The lawyer， without a word， writes the butcher a check for $8.50.

Several days later， the butcher opens the mail and finds an envelope from the lawyer: $250 due for a consultation.

律师的狗，没有拴而到处闲逛，它来到一家肉店，偷走了一块烤肉。

店主来到律师的办公室，问道“如果一条没栓的狗从我的商店里偷了块肉，我有权利从狗的主人那里要回损失吗?

律师答道：“完全可以”

“那你欠我 8.50美元，你的狗没栓而且今天从我的店里头了块肉”，律师什么都没说，马上给他写了一张支票。

一些天后，店主打开邮箱，发现一封来自律师的信，信上写 道：咨询费250美元。