卖梯子

There was a big garden near old Mr. Jones house,and it had a lot of fruit trees in it. One day he sawsome beautiful apples on one of them. He went homeand get a ladder, put it against the high wall of thegarden and climbed up. Then he pulled the ladderup, put it down on the other side, and climbed downinto the garden. Just then a gardener cam e round acorner and saw him.

老琼斯先生家附近有一座大花园，里面长了很多果树。一天，他看到有棵树上结了一些鲜艳苹果。他回家拿了一架梯子，把它倚靠在花园的高墙上，爬了上去。然后，他把梯子拿起来放在墙的另一边，顺着梯子下去进了花园。就在这时，园丁从角落里走了过来，看到了他。

"What are you doing here?" he shouted.

“你在这里做什么呢?”他喊道。

Mr. Jones thought quickly and then said, "I'm selling my ladder."

琼斯先生脑子一转，说道：“我在卖梯子。”

"Selling your ladder? In somebody else's garden? Do you think I believe such a stupid story?"said the gardener and came towards Mr. Jones with a stick.

“卖梯子?在别人的花园里?你以为我会相信你现编乱造?”说着，园丁就拿着棍子朝他走去。

"It is my ladder," said Mr. Jones,"and I can sell it where I like. You needn't buy if you don't wantto." And he took his ladder and climbed over the wall again.

“这是我的梯子!”琼斯先生说，“我愿意在哪里卖就在哪里卖。如果你不愿意，就不必买啊!”他带着梯子，又爬过墙走了。