Last Christmas, the circus owner, Jimmy Gates,
去年圣诞节 马戏团老板吉米·盖茨
decided to take some presents to a children's hospital.
决定送些礼物给儿童医院
Dressed up as Father Christmas
他打扮成圣诞老人
and accompanied by a 'guard of honour' of six pretty girls,
在由6个漂亮姑娘组成的仪仗队的陪同下
he set off down the main street of the city
骑上一头名叫江伯的小象
riding a baby elephant called Jumbo.
沿着城里的主要街道出发了
He should have known that the police would never allow this sort of thing.
他本该知道警察绝不会允许这类事情发生
A policeman approached Jimmy and told him he ought to have gone along a side street
一个警察走过来告诉吉米 他应该走一条小路
as Jumbo was holding up the traffic.
因为江伯阻碍了交通
Though Jimmy agreed to go at once,
虽然吉米同意马上就走
Jumbo refused to move.
但江伯却拒绝移动
Fifteen policemen had to push very hard to get him off the main street.
15个警察不得不用很大的力气 把它推离主要街道
The police had a difficult time, but they were most amused.
警察虽然吃了苦头 但他们还是感到很有趣
'Jumbo must weigh a few tons,'
江伯一定有好几吨重
said a policeman afterwards,
一个警察事后这样说
'so it was fortunate that we didn't have to carry him.
值得庆幸的是它没让我们抬它走
Of course, we should arrest him,
当然 我们应该逮捕它
but as he has a good record,we shall let him off this time.'
但由于它一贯表现很好 这次我们就饶了它