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这是不久前发生在乔治亚州的一个故事。一个农夫和妻子决定也像富人那样起得晚些。那是一个阳光灿烂得能让世界万物都出来活动的星期天早上，可是这两个农夫却不这样，他们一直睡啊，睡啊，睡啊。 乌鸦们聚集在一棵大橡树上，正在开上午会。他们注意到房子周围没有人走动，田野里的玉米也成熟了，所以就暂时休会，快速飞到田地里去吃玉米。 他们高兴地咯咯叫着。老公鸡被它们吵醒了，开始朝着睡觉的一家人啼叫起来，醒来，醒来！ ” 农夫和妻子还在睡，乌鸦也仍然在吃玉米。“呱，呱。”他们边吃边叫。 "乌鸦在玉米地里！乌鸦在玉米地里！”公鸡用尽全力喔喔地叫着。 农夫一直打着鼾，妻子也只是翻了个身，用枕头捂住头。 公鸡激动得发狂，又试了一次："乌鸦在玉米地里！他们要把玉米吃光了丨” 农夫和妻子还是继续睡。乌鸦还是继续大吃。 公鸡厌恶地不叫了，因为没什么办法能叫醒农夫和妻子。老火鸡也溜进了院子，关注着事态的发展。最后,他对公鸡说："玉米都被吃光了，都被吃光了，都被吃光了！’’ 后来，农夫和妻子终于从床上一骨碌爬了起来，发现玉米都没了。这就是为什么在乔治亚州一到起床时间，我们就说"乌鸦在玉米地里”的原因。 The Crows Are in the Corn it happened in Georgia not long ago，that a farmer and his wife decided to sleep late， like the rich folk did. It was a beautiful Sunday morning, the kind that brought all God’s creatures out to play. But not these farm folk. No, they just slept and slept and slept. The crows were gathered in a large oak tree，having a big morning meeting. They noticed that there was nobody stirring around the house, and that the corn was ripe in the field. So they adjourned their meeting mighty quick and flew over to the field to eat some corn. "Caw-n，caw-n，” they cackled excitedly. The old rooster woke up to their activities and started to crow excitedly to the sleeping family. "Wake up. wake up, wake up!" The farmer and his wife just kept sleeping，and the crows kept eating the corn. “Caw-n, caw-n," they called. "The crows are in the corn! The crows are in the corn!" The rooster cock-a-doodle dooed with all his might. The farmer kept snoring, and his wife just rolled over and pulled the pillow over her head. The rooster was frantic. He tried once more： "The crows are in the corn. They're eating up the corn! ” The farmer and his wife kept right on sleeping. And the crow’s kept right on eating. The rooster quit crowing in disgust. Nothing would wake the farmer and his wife. The old turkey came strolling into the yard and watched the proceedings. Finally he said to the rooster： "The corns all eaten up, all eaten up, all eaten up. ” Then the farmer and his wife finally rolled out of bed, they found that the corn was all gone. That is why in Georgia we say "the crows are in the corn" when it is time to get up. |
