四月傻瓜的故事(April Fool)

April first is a day on which, in some countries, people try to play tricks on each other. If one secceeds in tricking somebody, one laughs and says，“April Fool！” And then the person who has been tricked usually laughs，too.

On April first, a country bus was going along a road. Then it slowed down and stopped. The driver turned switches and pressed buttons, but nothing happened. Then he turned to the passengers with a worried look on his face and said, “This poor bus is getting old. It isn't going as well as it used to. There is only one thing to do if we want to get home today. I shall count three, and on the word 'three', I want you to lean forward suddenly as hard as you can. That should get the bus started again. But if it doesn't, I am afraid there is nothing else I can do.”

So all the passengers leaned back against seats and got ready for the driver's signal.

The driver began to count，“get ready，” he said. “One! Two! Three!". The passengers all swang forward at his last word——and the bus started again.

The passengers all laughed when the driver cried,“April fool!” So，the driver had played a big joke on everybody in the bus.

在有些国家，四月一日是人们开别人玩笑的日子。要是某人成功地欺骗了他人，他就大笑着，“四月傻瓜！”被骗的人通常也哈哈大笑。

有一次的四月一日，一辆乡村公共汽车正行进在路上，突然它放慢了速度，最后停了下来。驾驶员先是摆弄开关，接着又揿按按钮，可车子却没有什么反应。于是他脸带愁容地转过身来对乘客说，“这辆可怜的公共汽车老了，不如以前驾驶起来好。要是今天大家还想回家，看来只能做一件事了。我数一、二、三，当我数到三时，你们要尽力地突然俯身向前，那样就会使车子再开动起来。但如果那样还不行的话，我恐怕就没有办法可想了。”

因此，所有的乘客都仰靠到椅子背上，准备等候司机发信号。

于是，司机开始数，“准备”他说，“一、二、三！”听到他数三，乘客们都将身子朝前摆动------公共汽车又开动了起来。

当司机大声说“四月傻瓜！”时，全体乘客轰然大笑，原来司机对全车乘客开了一个大玩笑。