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再来个莫提的笑话,鄙人整理的:
An elderly man was sitting alone on a dark path. He wasn't certain of which direction to go, and he'd forgotten both where he was traveling to and who he was. He'd sat down for a moment to rest his weary legs, and suddenly looked up to see an elderly woman before him. She grinned toothlessly and with a cackle, spoke: 'Now your *third* wish. What will it be?'
'Third wish?' The man was baffled. 'How can it be a third wish if I haven't had a first and second wish?'
'You've had two wishes already,' the hag said, 'but your second wish was for me to return everything to the way it was before you had made your first wish. That's why you remember nothing; because everything is the way it was before you made any wishes.' She cackled at the poor berk. 'So it is that you have one wish left.'
'All right,' said the man, "I don't believe this, but there's no harm in wishing. I wish to know who I am.'
'Funny,' said the old woman as she granted his wish and disappeared forever. 'That was your first wish.'
大概翻译下:
一个老人坐在黑暗岔路口,不知道自己是谁,不知道要去哪。这时出现一个老妇人,说“现在你的第三个愿望是什么?”这个人觉得很奇怪。既然第一、二个愿望都没有提出过,又怎么会有第三个?老妇人解释说,是因为他的第二个愿望是将一切恢复到提出第一个愿望以前。这个人觉得提出一个愿望也无碍,于是就是说“我的第三个愿望是,我想知道我是谁”老妇人让这个成真了,一闪就消失了。消失的时候说了一句“真是奇怪的人,这不就是你的第一个愿望?” |
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