每日晨读丨一个聪明的男孩

A young boy is playing with a ball in the street. He kicks it too hard, and it breaks the window of a house and falls inside.

一个小男孩正在街上玩球。他踢得太狠，踢碎了一个房子的窗户，球掉了进去。

A lady comes to the window with the ball and shouts at the young boy. So the young boy runs away, but he still wants his ball back.

一位女士拿着球走到窗前，对着小男孩大喊大叫。所以小男孩跑开了，但他仍然想要回他的球。

A few minutes later he returns and knocks at the door of the house. When the lady answers it, he says, “My father’s going to come and fix your window very soon.”

几分钟后，他回来敲了敲门。当这位女士来开门时，他说:“我爸爸很快就会来修你的窗户。”

After a few more minutes, a man comes to the door with tools in his hand. So the lady lets the boy take his ball away.

又过了几分钟，一个男人手里拿着工具来到门口。于是女士让男孩把球拿走了。

When the man finished fixing the window, he says to the lady, “That will cost you ten dollars.”

当男人修好窗户时，他对女士说:“那要花你10美元。”

“But aren’t you the father of that young boy?” the woman asks.

“可你不是那个小男孩的父亲吗?”女人问。

“Of course not,” He answers, “Aren’t you his mother?”

“当然不是，”他回答，“你不是他妈妈吗?”