英語小笑話:火！火！
Mr．Brown was busy writing letters in his room when his servant，a very stupid boy， rushed hastily into his master's room and shouted loudly in an excited voice，“Fire，Fire！The kitchen is on fire！” Mr．Brown got up quickly， and he and the boy ran as fastas they could to the kitchen． “Look there，” shouted the boy， pointing to the leaping flames． He had carelessly left some dry wood near the fire and this was alight and blazing hard． Mr．Brown saw a big pot of boiling water on the top of the stove．“You silly fellow，”he said．“Why didn't you throw that on the burning wood？That would have put it out quickly．” “Oh， no，” said the boy slowly，“That water would beuseless；it's hot water．”當布朗先生正在自己的房間裏忙着寫信時，他的僕人，一個傻小子急匆匆地闖進屋來，異常緊張地大聲喊道：“火！火！廚房着火了！” 布朗先生迅疾起身，和僕人一起儘快地跑到廚房。 “看那兒！”傻小子指着躥跳的火焰喊着。原來是他不小心把幾塊幹木頭落在火旁燒着了，並且火着得很猛。當布朗先生看到爐子上的一大鍋開水時，他說：“你爲什麼不把這鍋水潑到着火的木頭上呢？那樣的話，火不就會被迅速地熄滅了嗎！” “唷，那可不行，”傻小子慢吞吞地說，“這水潑上也沒有用，它是熱水呀！”
