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 发表:2002/12/7 15:33:38 人气:85       
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The Last Word
The Last Word
临终遗言
One day, Jones and his friend Brown were sitting in a cafe talking together.
Jones said, "I bought a parakeet last week."
"Does it talk?" Brown asked.
"No, and I’m very angry about it," Jones told him. "The man who sold it to me said it was a talking parakeet."
"Maybe it’s not happy," Brown said.
"It ought to be happy," Jones replied. "It’s got a large cage and plenty of seed and fresh water to drink."
"Ah yes," Brown said, "but does it have any toy to play with. Parakeets aren’t like ordinary birds. They need something to do. Buy it some toys for its cage."
This seems a good idea, so Jones went to the pet shop and bought a mirror, a swing, a ball on a little chain and a ladder for the bird to play with.
He put all these things in the bird’s cage.
A few weeks later, Jones met Brown again.
Jones was very angry with Brown.
"I did what you suggested," he said, "and the next morning when I went to look at the bird, it was lying on the floor of its cage. It died a few minutes later. Because of your advice, I’ve wasted a lot of money."
Brown was very surprised by this news.
"And the bird never talked?" he asked.
"Never," Jones said. He thought for a moment. Then he said, "Although when I looked at it lying on the floor of its cage, I thought I did hear a small voice."
"Really? What did the voice say?" asked Brown.
"I think it said, ’who moved the ladder?’" Jones told him.
New Words and Expressions
parakeet n. 长尾鹦鹉
seed n. 种子（一种鸟食）
swing n. 秋千
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