第4章 动物也疯狂(4)
He waited,and again the lady didn’t come to let him in.He knocked again,and again the parrot said,"Who is it?"He said,"IT’S THE PLUMBER!!!!!!"
Again he waited; again she didn’t come; again he knocked; again the parrot said,"Who is it?"
"Ah-"he said,flying into a rage; he pushed the door in and ripped it off its hinges,He suffered a heart attack and he fell dead in the doorway.
The lady came home,only to see the door ripped off its hinges and a corpse lying in the doorway,"A dead body!"she exclaimed,"WHO IS IT?!"
The parrot said,"It’s the plumber."
谁呀
一位女士在等管道工,管道工应该十点到。
十点了,管道工没来;十一点……十二点……一点……还是没有管道工的身影。
女士断定管道工今天不会来了,便出门购物去了。女士出门后,管道工就来了。
管道工敲了敲门,家里的鹦鹉问:“谁呀?”管道工回答:“修管道的!”
他想准是房里的女士问“谁呀”,就等她来开门。
房里没有动静,他又敲门了,鹦鹉又问:“谁呀?”他说:“修管道的!”
他继续等着,又不见女士开门。他再敲,鹦鹉再次问:“谁呀?”他说:“修管道的!!”
他再等,女士还没有来,他再敲,鹦鹉再次问:“谁呀?”
“啊--”他勃然大怒,然后撞门而入,保险链条也撞断了。突然他心脏病发作,一头栽倒在门口,死了。
女士回来只看到脱了链条的门和门口的一具尸体,“死尸!”她惊叫,“这是谁?!”
鹦鹉说:“修管道的。”
20 The Centipede Puts on Its Shoes
A man goes into a pet shop and tells the owner that he wants to buy a pet that can do everything.The shop owner suggests a faithful dog.
The man replied,"Come on,a dog?"
The owner says,"How about a cat?"
The man replies,"No way!A cat certainly can’t do everything.I want a pet that can do everything!"
The shop owner thinks for a minute,then says,"I’ve got it!A centipede!"
The man says,"A centipede?I can’t imagine a centipede doing everything,but okay-I’ll try a centipede."
He gets the centipede home and says to the centipede."Clean the kitchen."
Thirty minutes later,he walks into the kitchen and it’s immaculate!All the dishes and silverware have been washed,dried,and put away; the appliances sparkling; the floor waxed.He’s absolutely amazed.
He says to the centipede,"Go clean the living room."
Twenty minutes later,he walks into the living room.The carpet has been vacuumed; the furniture cleaned and dusted; the pillows on the sofa plumped; flowers watered.The man thinks to himself,"This is the most amazing thing that I’ve ever seen.This really is a pet that can do everything!"
Next he says to the centipede,"Run down to the corner and get me a newspaper."
The centipede walks out the door.10 minutes later...no centipede.20 minutes later...no centipede.30 minutes later...no centipede.By this point the man is wondering what’s going on.So he goes to the front door,opens it and there’s the centipede sitting right outside.
The man says,"Hey!!I sent you down to the corner store 45 minutes ago to get me a newspaper.What’s the matter?"
The centipede says,"I’m going!I’m going!I’m just putting on my shoes!"
蜈蚣穿鞋
一个人来到一家宠物店,告诉店主说他想买一只什么都能做的宠物。店主建议他买一条忠诚的狗。
那人回答道:“算了吧,狗?”
店主说:“猫怎么样?”
那人说道:“不要!猫当然不可能什么都能做。我想要一只什么都能做的宠物!”
店主想了一会说:“有了!蜈蚣!”
那人说,“蜈蚣?我想象不出一只蜈蚣什么都能做,但是好吧,我试试看。”
他把蜈蚣带回了家,对它说:“把厨房打扫干净。”
半个小时后,他走进厨房,厨房里简直太干净了!所有的盘子和银器都被清洗、烘干,并整整齐齐地放好了;厨具闪闪发亮;地板打了蜡。他完全呆住了。
他对蜈蚣说:“去把客厅打扫干净。”
二十分钟后,他走进客厅。地毯已经用吸尘器除过尘,家具被擦得一尘不染,沙发上的靠垫已经被拍松,花也已经浇过水了。那人心里暗想:“这是我见过的最不可思议的事。它可真是什么都能做的万能宠物!”
接着他对蜈蚣说:“去街拐角给我买份报纸回来。”
蜈蚣走出门。十分钟过去了,蜈蚣没有回来。二十分钟过去了,蜈蚣没有回来。三十分钟过去了,还是不见蜈蚣的影子。那人奇怪究竟发生了什么事,于是他走到前门,打开门,蜈蚣正坐在外面。
那人说:“嘿!四十五分钟前我就让你去街拐角的报亭给我买份报纸了,这是怎么回事?!”
蜈蚣说:“我马上走!我马上走!我正在穿鞋呢!”