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15 I Merely Got Tired
15 我只是累了
In the capital of Iceland, Mrs. Brown's old grandfather lived with her and her husband. Every morning he went for his regular walk in the park and came home at half past twelve for his lunch.
在冰島首都，布朗夫人年邁的祖父母同布朗夫婦住在一起。老人家每天上午都要去公園散步，12點半鐘準時回家吃午飯。
But one morning a police car stopped outside Mrs. Brown's house at twelve o'clock, and two cops helped Mr. Brown to get out. One of them said to Mrs. Brown, “The forgetful old gentleman lost his way in the park and telephoned to us for help, so we sent a car to bring him home.” Mrs. Brown was very surprised that she thanked the cops gratefully and they left.
可是，一天上午，一輛警車在12點鐘停在了布朗夫人的家門口，兩個警察攙扶著布朗先生走出車子。一位警察對布朗夫人說，“這位健忘的老先生在公園迷路了，打電話向我們求援，所以我們派車把老人送回家來。”布朗夫人感到很詫異，不過還是向警察衷心地道了謝。警察走了。
“But, grandfather,” she then asked the suspect old man, “you have been to that park nearly every day for twenty years. How did you lose your way there?”
“可是，爺爺，”她感到很可疑地問爺爺，“20年來你幾乎天天都去這個公園散步，怎么會在那兒迷了路呢？”
The old man smiled, clapped his forehead and said, “The sunlight is too strong. I merely got tired and I didn't want to walk home. So I went to a phone booth and dialed to the police!”
老人拍了拍腦門笑著說，“陽光太強了，我只不過是太累了，不想走著回家。于是我就找到電話亭給警察撥了個電話。”
