"What bones!" he exclaimed, and then pulled open its mouth to look at its teeth. "Why, it has not got a tooth in its head!"
"What do you want it to have teeth for?" asked the honest tanner. "I don't suppose you want to weigh its teeth too?"
"But it kicks!"
"Well, it won't kick once it is killed; and I don't suppose you want to weigh it before it is killed?"
The honest tanner laughed at his own wit, which had put him into such a good humor, that he again took five florins off the price. But Móricz was not yet satisfied, for he still gazed at the cow, as though trying to find more faults in her. And just at that moment Gyuri Wibra called out:
"Mr. Müncz, I should like to have a word with you."
The tanner, fearing to lose his purchaser, took five florins more off the price, and Móricz, being a sensible man, at once struck the bargain; he always bought of an evening from such as had not been able to sell their cattle during the day, and gave it for a low price to save their having to drive it home again.
"What can I do for you, sir?"
"I should like to buy something of you, which belongs neither to you nor to me."
"There are plenty of things in the world answering to that description," said Móricz, "and I can assure you, I will let you have it as cheap as possible."