英语幽默小故事:The fire dog
A nursery school teacher was delivering a school bus full of kids home one day when a fire truck zoomed past. Sitting in the front seat of the fire truck was a Dalmatian dog. The children started discussing what the dog's duties might be.
"They use him to keep crowds back," said one youngster.
"No," said another, "he's just for good luck."
A third child concluded. "No silly, they use the dogs to find the fire hydrant!"
那为什么会有只小狗坐在消防车上呢?
这是因为远在十八世纪时代,马车用作消防车,投入灭火战斗。狗是马的天然朋友,当时的消防队员相信,马有时看到火灾会惊慌失措,而往往是狗能使它们安静下来。因此,消防协会把狗作为自己吉祥物的标记就不无道理了。