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天才genius[英]['dʒi:nɪəs] [美][ˈdʒinjəs] 中英文小故事：天才的狗 一个屠夫正在工作，很忙。他注意到他店里进来狗，把他撵走了。后来，到那只狗又回来了。他走到狗面前，并注意到狗嘴里有一张纸条。屠夫拿出纸条，并写着，“请给我12根香肠和一条羊腿，。” 老板看了看，瞧，在狗的嘴，有10美元钞票。屠夫拿了钱，把香肠和羊肉放在一个袋子里，放在狗的嘴。屠夫非常奇怪，他决定关闭了商店，跟着狗看看究竟。 狗沿着街道走，来到一个十字路口。狗放下袋子，跳起来按交通按钮。 然后耐心等待，直到信号灯亮起来。他走过马路，这只狗来到公车站，开始看时间表。坐着等待巴士。 这时来了辆车。狗走到公共汽车的前面，看号码，回到他原先的座位。另一辆车来。狗狗又看了看号码，注意到它是正确的巴士，爬了上去。 屠夫，现在张大了嘴巴，跟着狗上了公共汽车。公共汽车穿越城镇，到郊区。最终，狗站起来，走到公车前，按动电钮示意停车。狗下车后，那些杂货仍然在他的嘴里，屠夫依然跟着他。 狗接近了一栋房子。他把袋子放在台阶上。然后他跳跃起来，拍打大门。可是门口没有回应，所以狗沿着花园的四周散步。他找到了一个窗口，用头撞，撞了好几次。他走回来，跳下墙，并在门口等待。 肉贩看到一彪形大汉开了门，并开始朝狗大喊大叫。 屠夫过去制止那个家伙。”你究竟在做什么？这只狗是个天才。他可以上电视了，看在上帝的份上！” 这男人回答，“聪明！这是本周第二次，他忘带钥匙了！” A butcher is working, and really busy. He notices a dog in his shop and shoos him away. Later, he notices the dog is back again. He walks over to the dog, and notices the dog has a note in his mouth. The butcher takes the note, and it reads, "Can I have 12 sausages and a leg of lamb, please." The butcher looks, and lo and behold, in the dog's mouth, there is a ten dollar bill. So the butcher takes the money, puts the sausages and lamb in a bag, and places it in the dog's mouth. The butcher is very impressed, and since it's closing time, he decides to close up shop and follow the dog. So, off he goes. The dog is walking down the street and comes to a crossing. The dog puts down the bag, jumps up and presses the crossing button. Then he waits patiently, bag in mouth, for the lights to change. They do, and he walks across the road, with the butcher following. The dog then comes to a bus stop, and starts looking at the timetable. The butcher is in awe at this stage. The dog checks out the times, and sits on one of the seats to wait for the bus. Along comes a bus. The dog walks to the front of the bus, looks at the number, and goes back to his seat. Another bus comes. Again the dog goes and looks at the number, notices it's the right bus, and climbs on. The butcher, by now open-mouthed, follows him onto the bus. The bus travels thru town and out to the suburbs. Eventually the dog gets up, moves to the front of the bus, and standing on his hind legs, pushes the button to stop the bus. The dog gets off, groceries still in his mouth, and the butcher still following. They walk down the road, and the dog approaches a house. He walks up the path, and drops the groceries on the step. Then he walks back down the path, takes a big run, and throws himself -whap!- against the door. He goes back down the path, takes another run, and throws himself -whap!- against the door again! There's no answer at the door, so the dog goes back down the path, jumps up on a narrow wall, and walks along the perimeter of the garden. He gets to a window, and bangs his head against it several times. He walks back, jumps off the wall, and waits at the door. The butcher watches as a big guy opens the door, and starts laying into the dog, really yelling at him. The butcher runs up and stops the guy. "What the heck are you doing? This dog is a genius. He could be on TV, for God's sake!" To which the guy responds, "Clever, my foot! This is the second time this week he's forgotten his key!" |
