英语故事带翻译：卖珍珠的楚国人

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        In the past, a man of the State of Chu intended to go to the State of Zheng to sell pearls.从前，有个楚国人准备到郑国卖珍珠。
        First he used rare lily magnolia to make a small exquisite case which he fumigated with the delicate fragrance of osmanthuses and Chinese prickly ashes. Furthermore, the case was inlaid with emerald-green jadeite, and adorned with attractive rosy jade. The whole case was decorated in an extremely exquisite way.他先用名贵的木兰做了一只精巧的小匣子，又用幽香的牡桂和花椒把匣子熏了一下，并且在匣子上面镶了碧绿的翡翠，还嵌上引人注目的玫瑰石，整个匣子装演得十分考究。
        A man of the State of Zheng saw this exquisite case and liked it very much. He bought it with a great deal of money, but he returned the pearl in the case to the man of Chu.有个郑国人看到这只精美的匣子，非常喜欢，就用重金买了下来。但是，他却把匣子里的珍珠退还给了那个楚国人。
        Later, people ridiculed the man of Chu by saying that he was good at selling cases, but not good at selling pearls.后来，人们都嘲笑这个楚国人，说他很善于卖匣子，却不善于卖珍珠。