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20、Pet Name
Little Tommy is at the zoo on a school visit and he spots13
a deer. Being a city kid he's never seen one before and so he
asks his teacher, "What's that, Miss?"
Miss decides to play a word game with him and says, "That's
what your Daddy calls Mummy, Tommy."
Tommy thinks for a moment and then says, "I'm not stupid
Miss, I know that ain't14 a fucking pig!"
爱称
小汤姆在学校组织的游动物园时看见一只鹿。作为一名城里孩子他从未看过鹿，于是他问老师： "老师，这是什么？”
老师故意想和他玩个文字游戏，她对小汤姆说： "汤姆，你爸爸平时叫你妈妈什么，那就是什么。”
汤姆想了一会儿说： "老师，我才没这么笨，我知道那不是一头蠢猪。”
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21、Birthday Present
The parents of a difficult boy were discussing what to give him
for a birthday present. The mother said, "Let's buy him a
bicycle."
“Well," said the father, "maybe - but do you think it
will improve his behavior?"
“Probably not," said the mother, "but it will spread
it over a wider area."
生日礼物
一对父母正在讨论为淘气的孩子准备什么生日礼物。母亲说：“我们给他买自行车吧。”
“噢，”父亲说，“也许——但你认为这有助于改善他的行为吗？”
“大概不会，”母亲说，“但它最起码能扩散范围。”
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22、Who was THAT
After putting her children to bed, a mother changed into old slacks
and a droopy blouse and proceeded15 to wash her hair. As she heard
the children getting more and more rambunctious16, her patience
grew thin. At last she threw a towel around her head and stormed
into their room, putting them back to bed with stern warnings.
As she left the room, she heard her three-year-old say with a
trembling voice, "Who was THAT?"
"那人"是谁
把孩子们放到床上后，母亲换上一条家常裤和一件宽松衫，开始洗头发。当她听到孩子们越来越闹时，她有些不耐烦了。终于，她往头上缠一条浴巾，冲进他们的房间狂吼，把他们放回床上，严厉地警告过后，她离开了房间，这时她听到那三岁的孩子用发抖的声音说：
"‘那人’是谁？”
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