1.Once a fox invited a stork to dinner. He put nothing on the table except some soup in a very shallow dish.
The fox could easily lap up the soup, but the stork could only wet the end of her long bill in it. When she left the meal, she was still very hungry. "I am sorry," said the fox, "the soup is not to your taste."
"Please do not apologize," said the stork. "I hope you will come to my house, and dine with me soon."
A few days later the fox visited the stork. He found that his food was put in a long bottle, and the mouth of the bottle was very narrow. He could not insert his big mouth into it, so he ate nothing.
"I will not apologize," said the stork. "One bad turn deserves another."
一次,狐狸请鹳来吃饭.他除了浅盘子中的一点汤以外,什么也没有准备.
狐狸可以轻而易举地喝到汤,但是鹳只够蘸湿他长长的嘴尖.吃完饭后,鹳仍旧很饥饿."很抱歉!"狐狸说,"这汤不合你的口味".
"别客气,"鹳说,"过几天请到我家来和我一起吃饭吧."
几天后,狐狸应邀而至,他发现食物都装在一个长长的瓶子里,而瓶口很细,他无法将他的大嘴伸进去,什么也吃不到.
"我不想道歉,这是你应得的回报."鹳说.
2.A woman was singing. One of the guests turned to a man
by his side and criticized the singer.
"What a terrible voice!"he said. "Do you know who she is?"
"yes." was the answer,"she is my wife."
"Oh,I beg your parden," the man said. "Of course her voice
isn't bad, but the song is very bad. I wondered who wrote that awful song?"
" I did," was the answer.
有一个妇女在唱歌.一个宾馆的客人对旁边的男人问道：“这是多么可怕的歌声啊,你知道她是谁?”
“是的”,男人回答到“他是我妻子”.
“OH,我的兄弟,其实她的声音并不难听,主要是这歌词写的不好,是谁写的这么可怕的歌词?”
“我写的”男人回答道.