Pig: This darn crossword puzzle is impossible.
Rat: What word are you looking for?
Pig: A three-letter word for “canine” beginning with the letter “D”.
Rat: Dummy.
Pig: I think that has too many letters.
Rat: No, but he did.
darn 是damn的婉转形式,意为“该死的”
crossword puzzle 纵横拼字谜
three-letter 三个字的
canine n. 犬
begin with: 以开始
I have to begin with an apology.
我得首先表示歉意。
dummy n.笨蛋
【参考译文】
Pig:这个该死的拼字游戏室不可能完成的。
Rat:你正在找什么词?
Pig:有三个字母的,以d开头的表示犬类的单词。
Rat:笨蛋。(因为那个单词就是dog所以骂猪是笨蛋)
Pig:我认为Dummy这个词的字母太多了。(猪以为鼠说的dummny是答案)