采購(gòu)過(guò)早

張亞榮

[英語(yǔ)原文]

Early ?shopper

It was Christmas and the judge was in a benevolent（仁慈的） mood as he questioned the prisoner. "What are you charged with？" he asked.

"Doing my christmas shopping early." replied the defendant.

"That's no offense，" replied the judge， "How early were you doing this shopping？"

"Before the store opened." countered（反擊，反對(duì)） the prisoner.

[漢語(yǔ)翻譯]

采購(gòu)過(guò)早

那天是圣誕節(jié)，法官在審訊犯人時(shí)動(dòng)了惻隱之心。“你為什么被起訴？”他問(wèn)。

“采購(gòu)圣誕節(jié)物品過(guò)早。”被告回答。

“這不算犯法，”法官回答，“你采購(gòu)有多早？”

“在商店開(kāi)門(mén)之前。”犯人應(yīng)道。

[小幽默大智慧]

犯人將商店沒(méi)有開(kāi)門(mén)前的偷盜行為，說(shuō)成是采購(gòu)物品過(guò)早，妄圖以此逃避法律的制裁。

（小淘氣）