Two Skunks
两只臭鼬
"We have a skunk in the basement," shrieked the caller to the police dispatcher. "How can we get it out?"
“我们的地下室里有一只臭鼬,”打电话的人对警察调度员尖叫道,“我们怎样才能把它弄出来?”
"Take some bread crumbs," said the dispatcher, "and put down a trail from the basement out to the back yard. Then leave the cellar door open."
“找一些面包屑,”调度员说:“从地下室开始撒,一直撒到后院。然后将地下室的门打开。”
Sometime later the man called back. "Did you get rid of it?" asked the dispatcher.
过了一段时间,那人又打电话打了回来。“你们把臭鼬赶跑了吗?”调度员问。
"No," replied the caller. "Now I have two skunks in there!"
“没有,”打电话的人回答说,“现在地下室有两只臭鼬了。”