My Dad's Terrible Jokes

My dad tells the worst jokes in the world!

我爸讲的笑话是全世界最烂的！

Every morning at breakfast, he has a new one.

每天早上吃早饭，他都有个新笑话。

What do you call a sleeping dinosaur? A dino-snore!

睡着的恐龙叫什么？恐龙打呼噜！

Ugh. And then he laughs for a whole minute.

唉。然后他自己笑上整整一分钟。

Last year, my friends came to our house for dinner.

去年，我的朋友们来我家吃晚饭。

And Dad told them ten jokes in one hour!

结果我爸一个小时给他们讲了十个笑话！

I just wanted to hide under the table...

我只想钻到桌子底下……

But guess what? My friends loved him!

可你猜怎么着？我的朋友们超喜欢他！

Then in March, Dad went to Canada for work.

后来三月，我爸去加拿大出差了。

He was away for three whole months.

他整整离开了三个月。

Breakfast was so quiet. No jokes, no silly laugh.

早餐变得好安静。没有笑话，也没有傻笑。

And... I missed them. I really did.

而且……我很想念那些笑话。真的。

So, one evening, I called him on a video call.

于是有一天晚上，我给他打了视频电话。

Now it was my turn to tell a joke!

这次轮到我讲笑话了！

Dad, why did the cow go to the cinema?

爸，牛为什么去电影院？

He looked so surprised! I don't know. Why?

他好惊讶！我不知道。为什么？

To see a moo-vie!

去看哞——电影啊！

He laughed so much, he almost fell off his chair.

他笑得差点从椅子上摔下来。

Last week, Dad finally came home!

上周，我爸终于回家了！

At breakfast, he looked at me and smiled.

吃早饭的时候，他看着我笑了。

Why are teddy bears never hungry? They're always stuffed!

泰迪熊为什么从来不饿？因为它们肚子里总是塞满了！

I rolled my eyes, but I laughed too.

我翻了个白眼，但还是笑了。

Okay, his jokes are still terrible.

好吧，他的笑话还是很烂。

But now, they're my favourite part of the day.

但现在，那是我一天中最喜欢的时刻。