美國流行笑話：Sheep Stranded on a Hill 圍在小山坡上的羊

200　Sheep Stranded on a Hill 圍在小山坡上的羊

My family raises sheep and cattle in the Midwest. One day a flash flood filled the ravines and left my sheep stranded on a hill. My relatives arrived with ropes, boats and floats, and struggled through the raging waters to try to coax the animals into the boats, with no luck. By sundown, however, the sheep had eaten the grass around them. They stepped into the water, swam past the speechless men in the boats, climbed up the other side of the ravine and trotted to the nearest field.
我們家在中西部養(yǎng)羊和牛。有一天發(fā)大水，水填滿了深谷，把我的羊圍在一個小山坡上。我的親戚們帶著繩索、小船和漂浮物趕來幫忙。他們和大水搏斗，哄誘動物上船，卻不成功。然而，到了日落時分，羊把它們周圍的草吃光了，就走進(jìn)水里，游過船上一言不發(fā)的人們，爬上深谷另一面的山坡，小步走向最近的草場。