One day a man was taunting alexandre dumas, the great French novelist, with his ancestry.
“why,” the fellow snarled, “you are a quadroon; your father was a mulatto, and your grandfather was a negro.”
“yes,” dumas roared, “and, if you wish to know my greatgrandfather was a monkey. In fact, my pedigree began where yours terminated.”
 
有一天，一个人在嘲弄法国大小说家亚历山大·仲马，讥笑他的祖先。
那家伙厉声说：“唔，你的四分之一是黑白混血儿，你父亲是黑白混血儿，而你的祖父是个黑人。”
“是的，”仲马大声回敬：“还有呢，如果你想知道的话，我的曾祖父是一只猴子。其实我的血统起始于你的血统终止的地方。