a tree toad loved a she-toad who lived up in a tree. he was a two-toed tree toad but a three-toed toad was she. the two-toed tree toad tried to win the three-toed she-toad's heart, for the two-toed tree toad loved the ground that the three-toed tree toad trod. but the two-toed tree toad tried in vain. he couldn't please her whim. from her tree toad bower with her three-toed power the she-toad vetoed him.

一只树蟾蜍爱上另一只住在树上的蟾蜍女郎。牠是一只二趾的蟾蜍,而蟾蜍女郎是三趾的。那只二趾的树蟾蜍尝试夺取三趾蟾蜍女郎的方心,因为二趾蟾蜍喜欢三 趾蟾蜍女郎所踩踏的土地。可是,二趾蟾蜍徒劳无功。牠不能满足三趾蟾蜍女郎的心意。在三趾蟾蜍女郎的卧室,三趾蟾蜍女郎用牠的三趾能力将二趾蟾蜍的念头打 消了。

a tutor who tooted a flute tried to tutor two tooters to toot. said the two to their tutor, "is it harder to toot or to tutor two tooters to toot?"

一个吹笛的导师尝试教两个吹笛者吹笛。那两个学吹笛的问导师:「吹笛难,还是教两个学吹笛的人吹笛难呢?」

all i want is a proper cup of coffee made in a proper copper coffee pot, you can believe it or not, but i just want a cup of coffee in a proper coffee pot. tin coffee pots or iron coffee pots are of no use to me. if i can't have a proper cup of coffee in a proper copper coffee pot, i'll have a cup of tea!

我只想要一杯用真正铜制的咖啡壶煮的正统咖啡。信不信由你,我只想要一杯用真正铜制的咖啡壶煮的正统咖啡。锡制的咖啡壶和铁制的咖啡壶对我而言也是没用的。假如我不能要一杯用真正铜制的咖啡壶煮的正统咖啡,那我就要一杯茶吧!

amidst the mists and coldest frosts, with stoutest wrists and loudest boasts, he thrusts his fist against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.

在满布薄雾,严寒期最冻的那天,他用最结实的手腕和最自夸的话用拳头猛力推打柱子,而且声称他见鬼。

are our oars oak?

我们的桨是橡树吗?

a big black bug bit a big black bear, made the big black bear bleed blood.

大黑虫咬大黑熊,大黑熊流血了!

a big black bug bit a big black bear. where's the big black bear the big black bug bit?

大黑虫咬大黑熊,被大黑虫咬的大黑熊在那里呢?

a bitter biting bittern bit a better brother bittern, and the bitter better bittern bit the bitter biter back. and the bitter bittern, bitten, by the better bitten bittern, said: "i'm a bitter biter bit, alack!"

一只沮丧而尖刻的麻鳽咬了牠兄弟一口,而没有牠那么沮丧的兄弟又咬牠一口。那只被咬的沮丧麻鳽对牠的兄弟说:「我是一只充满怨恨的麻鳽!我害人终害己了!