应该是周五晚不吃red meat吧？礼拜日的话一般是要吃大餐的。根据原文分析，也是本来要用羊肉做大餐，结果只有白菜吃了。
在形容奶酪的时候，lost似乎不应该是“洒”的意思，奶油应该是融化之后“流”掉吧？
发现这些民间故事好多都看过，现在长大了再看，还是很趣味。
Lazy Jack
ONCE upon a time there was a boy whose name was Jack, and he lived with his mother on a common. They were very poor, and the old woman got her living by spinning, but Jack was so lazy that he would do nothing but bask in the sun in the hot weather, and sit by the corner of the hearth in the wintertime. So they called him Lazy Jack. His mother could not get him to do anything for her, and at last told him, one Monday, that if he did not begin to work for his porridge she would turn him out to get his living as he could.
懒汉杰克
从前，有个叫杰克的小伙子，和妈妈两个人住在一间老公房里。他们家很穷很穷，全靠老妈妈给人纺纱挣点钱；杰克却很懒很懒，从来不干活，成天就知道晒晒太阳，在火炉边打个盹儿。妈妈怎么也叫不动他去干活，于是周围的人送了他一个外号，叫懒汉杰克。 终于有一个礼拜一，妈妈对他说，要是他再不出去干点活来补贴家用，她就要把他赶出家门，再也不管了。
This roused Jack, and he went out and hired himself for the next day to a neighboring farmer for a penny; but as he was coming home, never having had any money before, he lost it in passing over a brook.
这下杰克害怕了，第二天，他就出门去，帮附近的一个农民干活，挣到了一便士。可就在他回家的路上，这个从来没拿过钱的小伙子，走着走着就把钱给弄丢了。
"You stupid boy," said his mother, "you should have put it in your pocket."
“你这个笨孩子。”妈妈说，“你要放在口袋里。”
"I'll do so another time," replied Jack.
“下次我就知道了。”杰克回答。
Well, the next day, Jack went out again and hired himself to a cowkeeper, who gave him a jar of milk for his day's work. Jack took the jar and put it into the large pocket of his jacket, spilling it all, long before he got home.
然后呢，第二天，杰克又出去，在一家奶牛场干了一天的活，得了一罐子的牛奶。杰克接过罐子，放在外衣的大口袋里，大门还没走出几步，就全给洒了。
"Dear me!" said the old woman; "you should have carried it on your head."
“我的天哪！”老妈妈说，“这你得顶在头上才行。”
"I'll do so another time," said Jack.
“下次我就知道了。”杰克说。
So the following day, Jack hired himself again to a farmer, who agreed to give him a cream cheese for his services. In the evening Jack took the cheese, and went home with it on his head. By the time he got home the cheese was all spoilt, part of it being lost, and part matted with his hair.
第二天，杰克又去一家农场干活，人家答应给他一块奶油干酪当酬劳。晚上，杰克就顶着这块奶酪回家了。到家的时候，奶酪也折腾得差不多了，全都融化开来，一半洒在了路上，一半粘在了他的头发上。
"You stupid lout," said his mother, "you should have carried it very carefully in your hands."
“你这个笨蛋，”母亲说道，“这可得小心，两手捧着才行啊。”
"I'll do so another time," replied Jack.
“下次我就知道了。”杰克答道。
Now the next day, Lazy Jack again went out, and hired himself to a baker, who would give him nothing for his work but a large tomcat. Jack took the cat, and began carrying it very carefully in his hands, but in a short time pussy scratched him so much that he was compelled to let it go.
第二天，懒汉杰克又出门去了，他在一家面包房找了个活，说好了干完活就给他一只小公猫。杰克得到这只猫，于是小心地捧在手上，可是小猫不停地挠着他，他实在受不了，猫就从他身上跳下来跑了。
When he got home, his mother said to him, "You silly fellow, you should have tied it with a string, and dragged it along after you."
他回到家里，母亲对他说，“你这个蠢货，你得用一根绳子系起来，拖在你身后。”
"I'll do so another time," said Jack.
“下次我就知道了。”杰克说。
So on the following day, Jack hired himself to a butcher, who rewarded him by the handsome present of a shoulder of mutton. Jack took the mutton, tied it to a string, and trailed it along after him in the dirt, so that by the time he had got home the meat was completely spoilt. His mother was this time quite out of patience with him, for the next day was Sunday, and she was obliged to do with cabbage for her dinner.
第二天，杰克又去一家屠户那里干活，屠夫给了他一块上好的羊肩肉做报酬。杰克接过羊肉，用绳子拴上，在地上一直拖啊拖，等他回到家，整块肉都给糟蹋了。这回，母亲气得快要跳起来了，明天就是礼拜天了，而她现在只有一点白菜煮煮当晚饭。
"You ninney-hammer," said she to her son; "you should have carried it on your shoulder."
“你这个榆木疙瘩，”她对儿子说，“你得把它扛在肩膀上呀。”
"I'll do so another time," replied Jack.
“下次我就知道了。”杰克答道。
Well, on the Monday, Lazy Jack went once more, and hired himself to a cattle-keeper, who gave him a donkey for his trouble. Now though Jack was strong he found it hard to hoist the donkey on his shoulders, but at last he did it, and began walking home slowly with his prize.
Now it so happened that in the course of his journey he passed a house where a rich man lived with his only daughter, a beautiful girl, who was deaf and dumb. And she had never laughed in her life, and the doctors said she would never speak till somebody made her laugh. So the father had given out that any man who made her laugh would receive her hand in marriage. Now this young lady happened to be looking out the window when Jack was passing by with the donkey on his shoulders; and the poor beast with its legs sticking up in the air was kicking violently and hee-hawing with all its might. Well, the sight was so comical that she burst out into a great fit of laughter, and immediately recovered her speech and hearing. Her father was overjoyed, and fulfilled his promise by marrying her to Lazy Jack, who was thus made a rich gentleman. They lived in a large house, and Jack's mother lived with them in great happiness until she died.
于是到了星期一，懒汉杰克又出门去了，这回他在一家畜牧场找了个工作，最后得了一头驴子回来。杰克虽然生得很强壮，可是要把一头驴子扛在肩膀上，也着实费了不少力。好在他总算是扛了起来，带着这战利品慢慢地朝家走去。
就在他回家的路上，经过了一栋屋子。屋子里住着一个有钱人和他的独生女儿。这女孩子长得非常漂亮，可就是又聋又哑，从小到大，连笑都没有笑过一下。医生说，除非有人能把她逗笑，否则她就要一辈子当哑巴了。因此，这个父亲到处张贴告示，说只要有人能逗他女儿发笑，他就把女儿嫁给他。正在这个时候，这个年轻的女孩子看到窗子外面走过的杰克，肩膀上还扛着一头驴，那可怜的家伙正四脚朝天猛地乱蹬，嗷嗷叫着。哎呀，这幅景象可把那姑娘给乐坏了，她笑得都快喘不过气来，一下子就开口说话了。父亲也大喜过望，于是立刻兑现诺言，把女儿嫁给了这懒汉杰克。这样一来，杰克倒变成了个有钱人，住在一栋大房子里，他把妈妈也接来，和他们永远地生活在一起了。