称心的步枪架子

George and his friend Peter were fond of deer hunting, and whenever they had a free day during the deer-hunting season, they took their guns and went off into the forest.

One Saturday they were sitting on a log eating their sandwiches and drinking their coffee. Suddenly they sawa man walking through the snow towards them. He was dressed in deer-hunting clothes, but he had no gun with him. When he got nearer, the two friends saw that he was following a deer's track in the snow. They were both very surprised to see a man tracking a deer without a gun, so when he reached them, they stopped him and asked him whether anything was wrong and whether they could help him. The man sat down beside them, accepted a cup of coffee and told them his story.

Like them, he had gone out deer-hunting that morning. He had seen a deer with ivery big horns, and followed it for some time. Then he had fired at it, and it had fallen just where it stood. He had run over to examine it, and he had thought, "This deer's horns will make a wonderful rack for my guns when I get it home." He had then arranged his gun in the deer's horns and stepped back a few yards to see exactly how they would look as a gun rack on the wall of his study. Suddenly the deer had jumped up, shaken itself and raced away, carrying his gun firmly stuck in its horns.

乔治和他的朋友彼特很喜欢猎鹿,在猎鹿季节只要一有空,他们就拿着猎枪去森林。

星期六的一天,他们坐在原木上边吃三明治边喝咖啡,突然他们看见一个人穿过雪地向他们走来。那个人穿着猎人的衣服,却没有拿枪。当他走近的时候,两个朋友发现他是在跟踪雪地里鹿的脚印。他们俩看到不拿枪跟踪鹿的猎人,惊讶不已。于是,他们就拦下他,问出了什么事,是不是需要帮忙。猎人在他们身边坐下来,接过咖啡,并讲述了他的经历。

像他们一样,猎人那天早晨也出来猎鹿。他发现一只长着巨角的鹿。跟踪了一会儿后,他就开枪了。鹿应声倒下。猎人跑过去,心想:“等我把这双鹿角带回家,就可以制作一副称心的步枪架子了。”他把枪放在鹿角上,退后几步。想看看如果把这样一副步枪架子挂在书房的墙上.会是什么样儿。就在这时,鹿突然跳了起来,晃了晃身子,带着猎人牢牢安在它角上的枪,飞快地逃走了。