原文
Last Christmas, the circus owner, Jimmy Gates, decided to take some presents to a children‘ hospital. Dressed up as Father Christmas and accompanied by a ‘guard of honour‘ of six pretty girls, he set off down the main street of the city riding a baby elephant called Jumbo. He should have known that the police would never allow this sort of thing. A policeman approached Jimmy and told him ought to have gone along a side street as Jumbo was holding up the traffic. Though Jimmy agreed to go at once, Jumbo refused to move. Fifteen policemen had to push very hard to get him off the main street. The police had a difficult time, but they were most amused. "Jumbo must weigh a few tons," said a policeman afterwards, "so it was fortunate that we didn‘t have to carry him. Of course, we should arrest him, but as he has a good record, we shall let him off this time."
译文
去年圣诞节，马戏团主吉米想给一家儿童医院送一些礼物。他打扮成圣诞老人，并在六个漂亮的女孩组成的“仪仗队”陪同下，他骑着一头叫江波的幼象从城市主干道出发。他知道警察不会让他这样做。一个警察走过来告诉住吉米，让他走一条小道，因为江波已经阻塞了交通。尽管吉米同意马上往前走，但是江波拒绝移动。15名警察花了好大力气才让离开主街道。尽管警察花了好大力气，但是他们都感到很有趣。“江波差不多有好几吨重，”一个警察事后说道。“所以值得庆幸的是它还好没有让我们抬它走。本来，我们打算抓捕它，不过看它一直保持良好纪录，我们这次放过它。”