妙语短篇a1,

【原文】
【the hole in the ground】
There was once a farmer who lived near a road.
It was not a busy road,but from time to time,cars passed the farm.
Near the farm gate,there was a large hole in the road.
This hole was always full of water,and the drivers of the cars could not see how deep the hole was.They thought it was probably shallow.
Then when they drove into the hole,they could not drive out because it was so deep.
The farmer did not spent much time working on his farm.He spent most of it watching the hole.
When a car drove into it,he pulled the car out with his tractor and charged the driver a lot of money for doing this.
One day,the driver of a car said to him,"You must make a lot of money pulling cars out of this hole night and day."
"Oh,no," the farmer said."I don't pull cars out of the hole at night.At night I fill the hole with water.'
【译文】
【地上的坑】
曾经有一个农夫住在马路旁边.
那条马路并不繁忙,但时不时还是有些小车要经过那家农场.
农场大门附近,马路上有一个很大的坑.
这个坑里一直有水,那些司机不知道这个坑有多深,他们认为它很浅
一旦他们把车开进这个坑,因为坑很深,他们无法把车子驶出这大坑.
那个农夫花在农场时间并不多.大多数时间里他都是在注意着这个坑的情况
如一辆车开进了坑里,他就用他的拖拉机把车拉上来.因为他这样做了,所以他向司机索要很多钱.
一天,有个司机对他说,“你这样白天黑夜地把车拉出坑,肯定赚了很多钱吧”
“哦,不”农夫说“我晚上不拉车的,因为晚上我要把坑里的水填满呢”