The dumbest kid in the world

文／康鹤彪

同学们，你看到“The dumbest kid in the world”这个标题时，想到了什么？阅读下面的英语小短文，看看到底是谁最傻。

A young boy enters a barber shop and the barber whispers to his customer,“This is the dumbest kid in the world. Watch while I prove it to you.”

The barber puts a dollar bill in one hand and two quarters in the other, then calls the boy over and asks,“Which do you want, son?”The boy takes the quarters and leaves.

“What did I tell you?”said the barber.“That kid never learns!”

Later, when the customer leaves, he sees the same young boy coming out of the ice cream store.

“Hey,son! May I ask you a question? Why did you take the quarters instead of the dollar bill?”

The boy licked his cone①and replied,“Be⁃cause the day I take the dollar, the game is over!”

Notes：

①cone n.圆锥体，圆锥形东西，球果

参考例句：

1.Saw-dust piled up in a great cone.（锯屑堆积如山。）

2.The police have sectioned off part of the road with traffic cone.（警察用锥形路标把部分路面分隔开来。）

同学们，如果你不能完全明白，不要紧，对照中文翻译，再看一看吧！

天底下最傻的孩子

一个小男孩走进一家理发店，这时，理发师悄悄对顾客说：“这是天底下最傻的孩子，我来证明给你看。”

理发师在一只手上放了一美元，另一只手上放了两个25 美分的硬币，然后把男孩叫过来，问道：“孩子，你想要哪个？”男孩拿走了两个25美分的硬币，然后离开了。

理发师说道：“瞧我刚刚给你说了啥？这孩子从不会吸取教训。”

过了一会，顾客离开的时候，他看到那个男孩从冰淇淋店走了出来。“哎，孩子，我能问你个问题吗？你为什么拿走美分硬币而不是美元？”

男孩舔了舔冰淇淋，然后答道：“因为等我拿走了美元，这个游戏就结束了。”

怎么样？看完文章，知道谁最傻了吧！