上个圣诞节，马戏团老板吉米·盖茨决定去儿童医院送些礼物。
Last Christmas, the circus owner, Jimmy Gates, decided to take some presents to a children's hospital.
他打扮成圣诞老人，由六位漂亮女孩组成的"仪仗队"陪同，骑着一头名叫珍宝的小象，沿城市主街出发了。
Dressed up as Father Christmas and accompanied by a 'guard of honour' of six pretty girls, he set off down the main street of the city riding a baby elephant called Jumbo.
他本应该知道警察绝不会允许这类事情的。
He should have known that the police would never allow this sort of thing.
一名警察走近吉米，告诉他本应该走辅路的，因为珍宝正在阻碍交通。
A policeman approached Jimmy and told him he ought to have gone along a side street as Jumbo was holding up the traffic.
尽管吉米同意立刻离开，但珍宝却拒绝移动。
Though Jimmy agreed to go at once, Jumbo refused to move.
十五名警察不得不拼命推，才把它推离了大街。
Fifteen policemen had to push very hard to get him off the main street.
警察们费了好大的劲，但他们却非常开心。
The police had a difficult time, but they were most amused.
"珍宝一定有几吨重，"一名警察事后说道，"所以幸好我们不必抬它。
'Jumbo must weigh a few tons,' said a policeman afterwards, 'so it was fortunate that we didn't have to carry him.
当然，我们应该逮捕它，但由于它一向表现良好，这次就放它一马了。"
Of course, we should arrest him, but as he has a good record, we shall let him off this time.'