Mr. Brown was reading his evening paper when there came a tremendous banging down the stairs. He jumped up, ran to the hall, and discovered his schoolboy son sprawled on the floor.
布朗先生在看晚報(bào),忽然傳來一陣什么東西從樓上摔下來的響聲。他跳了起來,跑到廳里,發(fā)現(xiàn)自己上了學(xué)的兒子四角朝天地躺在地上。
"Did you miss a step?" asked his dad.
“你是不是踩漏了一級(jí)臺(tái)階?”爸爸問。
"No, I caught every blessed one!" came the bitter answered.
“不,我每一級(jí)都撞上了,一級(jí)也沒有漏掉!”兒子痛苦地回答。