A Scotchman when in London lost a five-dollar bill out of his pocket, and while he was looking for it a policeman came and asked him: "What are you doing there?” The Scotchman told him and the policeman said: "Leave your address, and if I find it, I shall send it to you."

A year after the Scotchman returned to London and passed the place where he had lost his five dollars. As many workers were busy building the underground railway, the whole of the street was up. "Dear me,” he said to himself, "Why has the policeman taken all that trouble to find my five dollars?"

苏格兰人

一个苏格兰人在伦敦时,一张五美元的纸币从他口袋里掉了出来.当他正在寻找时,一位警察走过来问他:"你在那儿干什么?"苏格兰人告诉了他,警察说:"留下你的地址,假如我找到了,会给你送上的."
一年以后,这位苏格兰人又来到伦敦,又经过了他曾掉落纸币的地方.当时许多工人正在忙于建造地铁,整条街道都翻了个儿.苏格兰人自言道:"哎呀!这个警察为什么要这么费事地去寻找我的五个美元呢?"