Анекдот - Танцующая утка

On the table (на столе) was an upside down pot (был перевернутый горшок) and a duck tap dancing on it (утка, отбивающая чечетку на нем; tap — легкий стук, слабый удар; подметка, набойка на каблуке; чечетка).
The circus owner was so impressed (был настолько впечатлен) that he offered (предложил) to buy the duck from its owner (купить утку у ее владельца).
After some wheeling and dealing (после делового разговора; to wheel and deal — обделывать делишки, судить-рядить) they settled for $10,000 (они сошлись на 10000$; to settle — устанавливать) for the duck and the pot (за утку и горшок).
Three days later (три дня спустя) the circus owner runs back (прибегает назад) to the bar in anger (в гневе), «Your duck is a ripoff! (совершенно негодная: “бросовая вещь”; to rip — разрезать, отрывать; to rip off — сдирать) I put (я поставил /to put-put-put — класть, ставить/) him on the pot before a whole audience (перед всей публикой; audience [`o:dj∂ns]), and he didn't dance a single step! (совсем не танцевала; не сделала ни единого шага)»
«So? (так, здесь: да?)» asked (спросил) the duck’s former (прежний) owner, «did you remember (вы не забыли; to remember — помнить) to light the candle under the pot? (зажечь свечу под горшком)»

• Версия на Английском без подсказок

  A circus owner walked into a bar to see everyone crowded about a table watching a little show.
  On the table was an upside down pot and a duck tap dancing on it. The circus owner was so impressed that he offered to buy the duck from its owner.
  After some wheeling and dealing, they settled for $10,000 for the duck and the pot.
  Three days later the circus owner runs back to the bar in anger, "Your duck is a ripoff! I put him on the pot before a whole audience, and he didn't dance a single step!"
  "So?" asked the duck’s former owner, "did you remember to light the candle under the pot?"