40岁的卷福似乎当爹的技术越来越棒。最近，他参加《深夜秀》（The Late Late Show）演了一个小品剧，剧中他用磁性的嗓音给儿子讲了一个《2016美国总统大选》（The Story of the 2016 US Presidential Election）的睡前小故事（bedtime story）。
小品剧是这样的：
Cumberbatch, clad in a red smoking jacket, enters a cozy children's bedroom where his son Corden, tucked up in bed, pleads with his father for a bedtime story.
卷福穿着一身红色的晚间便服走进了一间舒适的儿童卧室，柯登扮演的儿子蜷在床上，要求爸爸给他讲个睡前小故事。
Corden rejects classic stories Peter Rabbit and Goldilocks and the Three Bears in favour of the story of the 2016 presidential election where the protagonist - Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, dressed in beige, tries to realize her dream of ruling the kingdom.
柯登不要听《彼得兔》《金凤花姑娘和三只熊》这类经典故事，非要听《2016美国总统大选》，这个故事的主角呢，就是民主党候选人希拉里，一身米黄色的她梦想统治国家。
卷福讲道：
After telling everyone who will listen that she is the best ruler for the land, even though her husband has already ruled the kingdom, the lady sets out on a journey to the beautiful white house.
这位女士告诉所有人她就是这片土地最佳统治者——尽管她丈夫也曾统治过这个国家——然后就踏上了前往美丽白宫的旅程。
As a cartoon version of the politician tries to make her way to the 'big white house', she encounters a number of obstacles.
在前往“大白房子”的路上，她遇到了无数的艰难险阻。
She has to make her way through a scary forest full of computers containing emails.
她要穿越一座由装满电子邮件的电脑组成的可怕森林。
She also has to fend off trolls and 'an old, old man with hair of white and face like that of a wizard' mounted on the back of a unicorn.
还要打败一位骑在独角兽上的白发巫师。
After overcoming all of these obstacles, Hillary faces her sternest test yet: 'the most terrifying creature of all... the big orange monster'.
战胜了所有这些困难以后，最严厉的考验来了：最最可怕的大黄毛怪！！
The monster has eaten 16 other monsters in the forest including GOP nominees Jeb Bush, Ben Carson and Ted Cruz.
这只黄毛怪在森林里吃掉了16只怪物，包括共和党候选人杰布·布什、本·卡森和泰德·科鲁兹等等！
卷福念道：
"Nobody expected the big orange monster to rule the land because although his head was very big, his wisdom was very very tiny like his tiny tiny baby hands."
没有人想到，这只巨大的黄毛怪会统治这片土地，因为虽然他的脑袋很大，他的智慧很少很少，就像他婴儿一般小的手一样大。
He goes on to say that the monster wants to 'build a giant wall to keep out boys and girls from faraway lands like Mexico'.
卷福继续解释道，这只怪物还想建一道围墙，不让墨西哥这种远方的男孩和女孩们进来。
故事讲完了，儿子问道：
Daddy, did the lady make it to the big white house?
爸比，这位女士最后进入“大白房子”了吗？
卷福回答道：
We can't tell yet, son, and neither can the polls.
我们还不知道，儿子，民意调查也预测不了。
卷福起身离开，儿子又叫住他：
Daddy the big orange monster won't grab me in the night will he?
爸比，大黄毛怪晚上不会来抓我吧？
Of course not, son.
当然不会，儿子。
紧接着，儿子又抓起床上的小猫玩偶：
But what about my pussy? Will he try and grab my pussy?
那我的猫咪（私处）呢？他会抓我的猫咪吗？
卷福：
……goodnight son.
……晚安儿子。
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