How Much Do You Want for This One

Mr Sonak has a small shop in the middle of our town and he sells pictures in it They are not expensive ones but some of them are quite pretty Last Saturday a woman came into the shop and looked at a lot of pictures Then she took Mr Sonak to one of them and said How much do you want for this one It was a picture of horses in a field

Mr Sonak looked at it for a few seconds and then went and brought his book He opened it looked at the first page and then said I want 20 pounds for that one

The woman shut her eyes for a few seconds and then said I can give you two pounds for it

Two pounds Mr Sonak said angrily Two pounds But the canvas cost more than two pounds

Oh but it was clean then the woman said