A Barking Dog
The lady’s dog barked too much. It barked in the morning. It barked in the afternoon. It barked at night. Every time Kevin walked past the front door, the dog barked. Every time Kevin walked past the back door, the dog barked. Every time anybody walked past, the dog barked. He told the landlord. “That lady’s dog barks too much,” he said. The landlord said he would talk to the lady. But he never did. Kevin wanted to shut the dog up. It was a little dog. But it had a big mouth. The dog’s mouth was bigger than the dog. What could Kevin do? One day he yelled at the dog. He yelled, “Shut up, you stupid dog!” The dog barked at Kevin. The lady got angry. She yelled at Kevin. “Sugar is not stupid. Don’t call Sugar stupid,” she said. “He’s a lot smarter than you are.”
這位女士的狗一直狂叫。它早上叫。下午叫。晚上還叫。凱文每次經過前門,狗都會叫。凱文每次經過后門,狗也會叫。不管任何人通過,狗都會叫。他把這件事告訴了房東。他說:“女士的狗老是狂叫。”房東說他會跟這位女士說。但他從來沒有說。凱文想讓這只狗住嘴。這是一只小狗。但它卻有一張大嘴。它的嘴比一般的狗都要大。凱文應該怎么做?有一天,他向狗大叫。他叫嚷到:“住嘴,你這只笨狗!”狗沖凱文大叫。女士生氣了。她向凱文叫嚷到。她說:“甜心不笨。不要說它笨。他比你聰明多了。”
譯文屬可可英語原創,未經允許,不得轉載。