Secret For a Long Life
A woman walks up to a little old man rocking in a chair on his porch.
"I couldn't help noticing how happy you look," she says. "What's your secret for a long, happy life?"
"I smoke three packs a day, drink a case of whiskey a week, eat fatty foods and never, ever exercise."
"Wow, that's amazing," says the woman. "How old are you?"
"Twenty-six."
長壽秘訣
壹位女士走向坐在門廊的椅子上搖動的小老頭。
“我無意中發現，妳是多麽幸福，”那女士說。“妳幸福而長壽的秘密是什麽？”
“我每天抽三包煙，每周喝壹箱威士忌，吃高脂肪食品，而且從來不曾鍛煉。”
“哦，真神奇，”女士說。“妳高壽？”
“二十六。”
英語小故事
The lion and the mouse
When a lion was asleep, a little mouse began running up and down beside him. This soon wakened the lion. He was very angry, and caught the mouse in his paws.
"Forgive me, please." cried the little mouse. "I may be able to help you someday." The lion was tickled at these words.
He thought, "How could this little mouse help me?" However he lifted up his paws and let him go.
A few days later, the lion was caught in a trap.
The hunters wanted to take him alive to the king, so they tied him to a tree, and went away to look for a wagon.
Just then the little mouse passed by, and saw the sad lion.
He went up to him, and soon gnawed away the ropes. "Was I not right?" asked the little mouse.
獅子睡著了，有只老鼠在他的周圍爬上爬下，很快吵醒了獅子，獅子很生氣，壹把抓住了老鼠。
●“饒了我吧，”老鼠請求說，“也許有壹天我能幫上妳的忙呢。”獅子覺得很好笑，他想：“這只小老鼠怎麽能幫上我的忙？”但他還是擡起爪子放他走了。
●不久，獅子被陷阱困住了。獵人們想將活獅子獻給國王，就把他捆在壹棵大樹上，然後去找馬車。
●這時，老鼠路過這裏，看到了絕望中的獅子。他走過去，很快啃斷了繩索，說：“我雖小，可是我也能幫上妳的忙。”
寓意: 有些朋友也許平時看似微不足道，但卻有可能在我們身處困境的時候提供巨大的幫助