Every morning on his way to work, a business man passed a house where he saw a woman beating her looy on the head with a loaf of bread. 每天早晨一位商人在上班途中都会经过一户人家，他总是看见一个女人用一条面包打她儿子的头部。

But on this particular day, he noticed that she was hitting him with a piece of chocolate cake. 但今天却比较特别，他发现她正用一块巧克力蛋糕打他的头。

Unable to restrain his curiosity, he rang the doorbell and the woman answere. 他忍不住好奇，便按了那户人家的门铃。女人听了铃声，出来开门。

"Madam, I couldn't help but notice that every day you beat your child with a loaf of bread. . . " “这位太太，每天经过这里我都忍不住会注意到你用一条面包打你儿子……”

"That's true." "那倒是不假……"

"And yet today I observed that you were hitting him with a piece of chocolate cake. "可是今天我却看见你用一块巧克力蛋糕打他。"

“Well, today's his birthday.” “今天是他生日嘛。”