Early Precaution

(Originally in Chinese)

There was an American couple who had no children,
so they wanted to adopt a child. Finally, an orphanage
contacted them, saying, "We have a baby for adoption.
It's a Russian orphan." The couple was delighted
and went to bring the baby home.
On the way home, they stopped by a university
to enroll in a Russian course. "Why do you want to learn
Russian? The English that we speak is a very good
language," the university secretary asked.
"Well, we just adopted a Russian baby. When he
begins to speak Russian in a few years, we are
afraid that we might not be able to understand
him," the couple replied.

未雨绸缪

有一对美国夫妇没有孩子，想领养个小孩。终于有一家

孤儿院通知他们说：「我们现在有一个婴儿可以让你们

收养，是个俄国孤儿。」他们很高兴，就去把婴儿抱回去。

在半路上，他们来到一所大学，想要报名学俄语，学校

里的秘书问：「你们为什么要学俄语呢？我们英语

是很好的语言啊！」这对美国夫妻说：「因为我们

刚刚领养了一个俄国婴儿，几年后等他开口讲

俄语时，到时候我们就听不懂了！」