Poor Preacher

　　窮困潦倒的傳教士

　　After the church service a little boy told the pastor, "When I grow up, I'm going to give you some money."

　　禮拜后男孩問牧師：“我長大后會給你一些錢�！�

　　"Well, thank you," the pastor replied, "but why?"

　　“好啊，謝謝你�！蹦翈熁卮鸬溃骸安贿^為什么?”

　　"Because my daddy says you're one of the poorest preachers we've ever had."

　　“因?yàn)槲野职终f你是我們見過的最窮的傳教士之一。”

　　Setting the Table

　　擺桌子

　　Little Susan was mother's helper. She helped set the table when guests were due for dinner. Presently everything was on, the guest came in, and everyone sat down. Then Mother noticed something was missing.

　　小蘇珊是媽媽的好幫手。她在有客人來家里就餐時幫忙擺桌子。現(xiàn)在一切準(zhǔn)備就緒，客人走進(jìn)，所有人都坐好了。媽媽突然發(fā)現(xiàn)缺了什么。

　　"Susan," she said, "You didn't put a knife and fork at Mr. Smith's place."

　　“蘇珊。”她說道：“你忘了在史密斯先生那里放刀叉了�！�

　　"I thought he wouldn't need them," explained Susan.

　　“我以為他不需要那些�！碧K珊解釋道。

　　"Daddy says he always eats like a horse!"

　　“爸爸說他總是吃得像馬一樣!”

　　Penny Trick

　　一便士的小把戲

　　After tucking their three-year-old child Sammy in for bed one night, his parents heard sobbing coming from his room.

　　某晚，在把三歲寶寶山米放到床上后，他的父母聽到啜泣聲從他的房間傳來。

　　Rushing back in, they found him crying hysterically. He managed to tell them that he had swallowed a penny and he was sure he was going to die. No amount of talking was helping.

　　沖進(jìn)屋內(nèi)后，他們看見他正嚎啕大哭著。他成功告訴他們他吞下了一便士一定活不成了。說什么都無濟(jì)于事。

　　His father, in an attempt to calm him down, palmed a penny from his pocket and pretended to pull it from Sammy's ear. Sammy was delighted.

　　他的父親，試圖讓他冷靜下來。他從口袋中掏出一便士，在山米的耳邊假裝要把它拿過來。山米很開心。

　　In a flash, he snatched it from his father's hand, swallowed, and then cheerfully demanded, "Do it again, Dad!"

　　山米以迅雷不及掩耳盜鈴之將錢從父親手中奪過，吞下，然后高興的要求道：“再來一遍，爸爸!”