幽默笑話精粹77：妻管嚴

The ruler of an ancient kingdom wanted to disprove the statement that the men of his domain were ruled by their wives. He had all the males in his kingdom brought before him and warned that any man who did not tell the truth would be punished severely. Then he asked all the men who obeyed their wives’ directions and counsel to step to the left side of the hall.

古代有位國王，想駁斥一種傳言，說他所轄的臣民都受妻子統(tǒng)治。他將全國的男人都召來，并警告說，任何不講真話的人都將受到嚴懲。然后，他讓那些順從妻子的男人站到大廳的左邊.

All the men did so but one little man who moved to the right.

所有的男人都站到了左邊，只有一個小個子男人站到了右邊。

"It's good to see，”said the king, "that we have one real man in the kingdom. Tell these chicken-hearted dunces why you alone among them stand on the right side of the hall.”

“這很好，”國王說:“我們國家總算還有一位真正的男子漢。你告訴這些軟弱的笨蛋，為什么這么多人只有你站在大廳的右邊。”

“Your Majesty,” came the reply in a squealing voice，"it is because before I left home my wife told me to keep out of crowds.”

“陛下，”那個男人尖聲氣地答道:“這是因為離家前，我老婆告訴我，不許扎堆。”