幽默笑话精粹51：发生在院子里的怪事

　　A woman with a broken ankle was gingerly hobbling along on crutches as she attempted to walk her dog. Because of her handicap, however, she was having a lot oftrouble keeping the dog under control. Finally, the dog lunged forward, the leash slipped out of her hand, and the dog went running down the street. She called and called, but the dog wouldn't come back. Since she couldn’t chase after it, she eventually gave up and went home.

　　一个跛脚的女人手里拄着一根拐杖，跟在她的狗后面一瘸一拐地往前走。因为她的腿脚不方便所以很难控制住她的狗，这时牵着狗的链子从这个女人手中脱落了，这条狗沿着马路跑了下去。不管她喊什么，这条狗都不理睬，她也知道自己根本不可能追上，于是她也就放弃了努力，独自一人回家了。

　　A couple of hours later she heard something scratching at the door. When she went to the door she found her dog standing there with a dead rabbit in its mouth. Upon closer inspection, she realized it was the neighbors' pet rabbit. She knewshe would never be able to tell them what happened, and since they were out of town for the weekend，she hit upon a plan.

　　几个小时后她听到有什么东西在敲门的声音。打开门一看，她的那只狗正站在门外，嘴里还叼着一只死兔子。仔细一看，正是在邻居家养的那只兔子。她知道决不能让那家人知道这件事。因为，他们都出城度周末去了，于是她想出了一个好主意。

　　She took the rabbit into the bathroom, washed it off, and blew its fur dry. Then she took the rabbit back to the neighbors’backyard and put the rabbit back in its cage. She thought the neighbors would discover the rabbit dead and think it died in the cage. They would never suspect what really happened.

　　她把死兔子放进浴缸里洗干净，用吹风机把它身上的毛吹干，然后又把它重新放回邻居后院的兔笼里。她想邻居回来以后一定会认为兔子是自己死在笼子里的，决不会想到这里发生的一切。

　　On Monday，there was a knock at the door, and when she answered，there was her neighbor standing there. He asked her if she had seen anyone in their backyard over the weekend. She said no. He said, "Did you see anything strange going on around our house or yard?" Again, she denied seeing anything suspicious. She said，"Why are you asking me these questions? What happened?" He said，"Well，something really strange is going on inmy backyard. On Friday our rabbit died, so we buried it in the backyard. But when we came back from the weekend，it was back in the cage !”

　　星期一的早上，这个女人的邻居敲开了她的房门。他问这个女人在周末有没有看到什么人去过他家的后院。女人回答说没有。“那你有没有看到什么奇怪的事情发生在房中或者院子里?”这个女人仍回答没有。然后她问:“为什么你要问我这些问题?发生什么事了?”那个邻居回答:“我家的后院出了件怪事。上周五我家的兔子死了，我们把它埋在后院里，可是当我们度完周末回到家后，却发现它又重新回到笼子里了。”