When the Ambassador of Escalopia returned home for lunch, his wife got a shock. He looked pale and his clothes were in a frightful state.
'What has happened?' she asked. 'How did your clothes get into such a mess?'
'A fire extinguisher, my dear,' answered the Ambassador drily. 'University students set the Embassy on fire this morning.'
'Good heavens!' exclaimed his wife. 'And where were you at the time?'

當艾斯卡羅比亞國的大使回家吃午餐時，他的老婆很震驚。他臉色蒼白，衣著呈現(xiàn)嚇人的狀態(tài)。
“發(fā)生了什么？”她問道?！澳阋路趺催@么亂？”

“滅火器弄的，親愛的?！贝笫估淅涞卣f。“大學生今早把使館點了?！?/span>

“天啊，”夫人驚訝道。“你那時在那里？”

'I was in my office as usual,' answered the Ambassador. 'The fire broke out in the basement. I went down immediately, of course, and that fool, Horst, aimed a fire extinguisher at me. He thought I was on fire. I must definitely get that fellow posted.'
The Ambassador's wife went on asking questions, when she suddenly noticed a big hole in her husband's hat.
'And how can you explain that?' she asked.
'Oh, that,' said the Ambassador. 'Someone fired a shot through my office window. Accurate, don't you think? Fortunately, I wasn't wearing it at the time. If I had been, I would not have been able to get home for lunch.'

“我像往常一樣待在辦公室”，大使回答道?！盎饛牡叵率覠饋?，我當然要馬上下去了，但那個傻瓜霍斯特把滅火器對準了我。他覺得我燒著了，我一定要把那家伙搞走。”

當大使夫人發(fā)現(xiàn)丈夫帽子上的大洞時，她繼續(xù)問道，“這個怎么說？”

“這個，”大使答道，“有人向我辦公室窗戶開了一槍，很準不是嗎？幸運的是，我那時沒戴帽子。如果我戴了，我就不會回來吃午餐了。”