The Gift

    It was at the end of the school year, and a kindergarten teacher was receiving gifts from her pupils.
    The florist's son handed her a gift. She shook it, held it overhead, and said, "I bet I know what it is. Some flowers." "That's right" the boy said, "but how did you know?""Oh, just a wild guess," she said.
    The next pupil was the sweet shop owner's daughter.  The teacher held hergift overhead, shook it, and said, "I bet I can guess what it is.  A box ofsweets.""That's right, but how did you know?" asked the girl.
    "Oh, just a wild guess," said the teacher.
    The next gift was from the son of the liquor store owner.
    The teacher held the package overhead, but it was leaking.  She touched adrop of the leakage¹ with her finger and touched it to her tongue.
    "Is it wine?" she asked.
    "No," the boy replied, with some excitement.
    The teacher repeated the process, taking a larger drop of the leakage to hertongue.
    "Is it champagne²?" she asked.
    "No," the boy replied, with more excitement.
    The teacher took one more taste before declaring, "I give up, what is it?"With great glee, the boy replied, "It's a puppy!"

1 leakage   

n.漏，泄漏；泄漏物；漏出量

参考例句：

• Large areas of land have been contaminated by the leakage from the nuclear reactor.大片地区都被核反应堆的泄漏物污染了。
• The continuing leakage is the result of the long crack in the pipe.这根管子上的那一条裂缝致使渗漏不断。

2 champagne   

n.香槟酒；微黄色

参考例句：

• There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
• They sat there swilling champagne.他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。