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Appetite

Appetite

The young man applied to the manager of the entertainment museum for employment as a freak, and the following dialogue occurred:

‘Who are you?’

‘I am Enoch, the egg king.’

‘What is your speciality?’

‘I eat three dozen (дюжина) hen's eggs, two dozen duck eggs, and one dozen goose eggs, at a single setting.’

‘Do you know our programme?’

‘What is it?’

‘We give four shows every day.’

‘Oh, yes, I understand that.’

‘And do you think you can do it?’

‘I know I can.’

‘On Saturdays we give six shows.’

‘All right.’

‘On holidays we usually give a performance every hour.’

And now, at last, the young man showed signs of doubt.

‘In that case, I must have one thing understood before I'd be willing to sign a contract.’

‘What?’

‘No matter what the rush of business is in the show, you've got to give me time to go to the hotel to eat my regular meals.’