The little boy did not like the look of the barking dog.
"It's all right," said a gentleman, "don't be afraid. Don't you know the proverb: Barking dogs don't bite?"
"Ah, yes," answered the little boy. "I know the proverb, but does the dog know the proverb, too?"
狗也知道這個諺語嗎？
壹個小男孩非常不喜歡狗狂叫的樣子。
“沒有關系，”壹位先生說，“不用害怕，妳知道這條諺語嗎：‘吠狗不咬人。’”
“啊，我是知道，可是狗也知道嗎？”
壹 Can we have our teacher back？
Once a superintendent of schools was visiting a three-room school. One room was very noisy, so the man grabbed a tall boy who had been standing up talking. He took the boy into another room and stood him in the corner. Five minutes later, a smalll boy came out of the first room and said, "When can we have our teacher back?"
能讓我們的老師回去嗎？
有壹次，壹位督學去視察壹個只有三間教室的學校。壹間教室非常吵鬧，因此督學抓住其中壹個正在站著說話的人，把他帶進另壹間教室，並讓他站在墻角。五分鐘以後，壹個小男孩從第壹間教室走進來，問道，“您什麽時候能讓我們的老師回去呢？”
二 Who's More Polite?
A fat man and a skinny man were arguing about who was the more polite. The skinny man said he was more polite because he always tipped his hat to ladies. But the fat man knew he was more courteous because, whenever he got up and offered his seat, two ladies could sit down.
誰更有禮貌？
壹個胖子和壹個瘦子在爭論誰更有禮貌。瘦子說他更有禮貌，因為他經常對女士摘帽示意。但是胖子認為他更有風度，因為無論什麽時候他在車上給別人讓座時，總有兩位女士能坐下。
三 Expensive Price
Dentist: I'm sorry, madam, but I'll have to charge you twenty-five dollars for pulling your son's tooth.
Mother: Twenty-five dollars! But I thought you only charged five dollars for an extraction.
Dentist: I usually do. But your son yelled so loud, he scared four other patients out of the office.
昂貴的代價
牙科醫生：對不起，夫人，為給您的兒子拔牙，我得收二十五美元。
母親：二十五美元！可是我知道您拔壹顆牙只要五美元呀？
牙科醫生：是的。但是您兒子這麽大聲地叫喚，他都嚇跑四位病人了
A Good Boy
Little Robert asked his
mother for two cents. "What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?"
"I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered.
"You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are two
cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?"
"She is the one who sells the candy."
好孩子
小羅伯特向媽媽要兩分錢。
“昨天給妳的錢幹什麽了？”
“我給了壹個可憐的老太婆，”他回答說。
“妳真是個好孩子，”媽媽驕傲地說。“再給妳兩分錢。可妳為什麽對那位老太太那麽感興趣呢？”
“她是個賣糖果的。”
Drunk
One day, a father and his little son were going home. At this
age, the boy was interested in all kinds of things and was always asking
questions. Now, he asked, "What's the meaning of the word 'Drunk', dad?" "Well,
my son," his father replied, "look, there are standing two policemen. If I
regard the two policemen as four then I am drunk."
"But,
dad," the boy said, " there's only ONE policeman!"