Two old siege guns, relics of the Crimean War, are to be seen in the street of a Scottish town. One market day a rustic, paying an infrequent visit to the place, was much interested in these guns, so much so as to attract the notice of a soldier, who not only volunteered information regarding them in glowing terms, but also offered to sell them to the rustic at a very small price. The rustic, thinking it would be pleasant to have such relics at his home, passed the purchase price over to the soldier, who promptly disappeared.
The next day, the rustic arrived with a two-horse dray to remove the cannon, but he was immediately pulled up by a policeman, who, when he had heard the account of the affair, said, "It's you and not the guns that are sold, my friend."
克里米亞戰爭時期用過的兩門殘舊攻城砲，在蘇格蘭一個鎮上街頭展出。一天市集，一個鄉巴佬偶到鎮上，對這兩門大砲深感興趣，一個士兵見狀，自動上前，用最美麗的言詞，介紹這兩門大砲，還說可以賣給他，價錢便宜得很。那鄉巴佬心想，家裏放兩件戰場遺物，也真不錯，就把錢交給那士兵。那士兵隨即溜掉。
第二天，那鄉巴佬駕着一輛運貨雙馬車到來，要把大砲搬走，卻馬上遭一名警察制止。他說明原委，那警察告訴他：「朋友，給賣掉的是你，不是這兩門大砲。」