The hostess apologized to her unexpected guest for serving an apple pie without any cheese.

The little boy of the family left the room quietly for a moment and returned with a piece of cheese which he laid on the guest's plate.

The visitor smiled,put the cheese into his mouth and then said:“You must have better eyes than your mother,sonny.Where did you find the cheese?”

“In the rat-trap,sir,”replied the boy.

【注釋】

apologize/??p?l?d?a?z/v.道歉；謝罪

unexpected/??n?k?spekt?d/adj.出乎意料的；始料不及的

rat-trap/?r?ttr??p/n.捕鼠籠；捕鼠器；捕鼠夾

【譯文】

只能為不速之客提供蘋果派而沒有奶酪了，女主人因此表示歉意。

這家的小男孩悄悄地離開了屋子。過了一會兒，他拿著一片奶酪回到房間，并把奶酪放在客人的盤子里。

客人微笑著把奶酪放進嘴里說：“孩子，你的眼睛就是比你媽媽的好。你在哪里找到的奶酪？”

“在捕鼠夾上，先生?！毙∧泻⒒卮鸬?。