美国流行笑话：Sheep Stranded on a Hill 围在小山坡上的羊

200　Sheep Stranded on a Hill 围在小山坡上的羊

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.
我们家在中西部养羊和牛。有一天发大水，水填满了深谷，把我的羊围在一个小山坡上。我的亲戚们带着绳索、小船和漂浮物赶来帮忙。他们和大水搏斗，哄诱动物上船，却不成功。然而，到了日落时分，羊把它们周围的草吃光了，就走进水里，游过船上一言不发的人们，爬上深谷另一面的山坡，小步走向最近的草场。