A flea and a fly flew up in a flue. Said the flea, "Let us fly!" Said the fly, "Let us flee!" So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
一隻跳蚤和一隻蒼蠅飛進煙道里。跳蚤說:「讓我們飛吧!」蒼蠅說:「讓我們逃跑吧!」就這樣,它們就飛越了煙道里的一條裂紋。
A laurel-crowned clown!
戴桂冠的小丑。
A lusty lady loved a lawyer and longed to lure him from his laboratory.
一個精力充沛的女士愛上了一位律師,她渴望誘惑律師離開實驗室,投入她的懷抱。
A noisy noise annoys an oyster.
嘈吵的噪音惹惱牡蠣。
A pleasant place to place a plaice is a place where a plaice is pleased to be placed.
放置鰈最好的地方是鰈願意被放置的地方。
A skunk sat on a stump. The skunk thought the stump stunk, and the stump thought the skunk stunk.
一隻臭鼬坐在樹墩上,臭鼬認爲樹墩發臭,而樹墩又認爲臭鼬發臭。
A tidy tiger tied a tie tighter to tidy her tiny tail.
一隻老虎將領帶繫緊,清潔它的尾巴。
A tree toad loved a she-toad who lived up in a tree. He was a two-toed tree toad but a three-toed toad was she. The two-toed tree toad tried to win the three-toed she-toad's heart, for the two-toed tree toad loved the ground that the three-toed tree toad trod. But the two-toed tree toad tried in vain. He couldn't please her whim. From her tree toad bower with her three-toed power the she-toad vetoed him.
一隻樹蟾蜍愛上另一隻住在樹上的蟾蜍女郎。它是一隻二趾的蟾蜍,而蟾蜍女郎是三趾的。那隻二趾的樹蟾蜍嘗試奪取三趾蟾蜍女郎的方心,因爲二趾蟾蜍喜歡三趾蟾蜍女郎所踩踏的`土地。可是,二趾蟾蜍徒勞無功。它不能滿足三趾蟾蜍女郎的心意。在三趾蟾蜍女郎的臥室,三趾蟾蜍女郎用它的三趾能力將二趾蟾蜍的念頭打消了。