A couple, desperate to conceive a child, went to their priest and asked him to pray for them. "I'm going on a sabbatical to Rome," he replied, "and while I'm there, I'll light a candle for you."
When the priest returned three years later, he went to the couple's house and found the wife pregnant, busily attending to two sets of twins. Elated, the priest asked her where her husband was so that he could congratulate him.
"He's gone to Rome, to blow that candle out" came the harried reply.

一对夫妻渴望能有一个孩子,于是他们跑去神父那里叫他帮他们祷告. "我要去罗马休假,"他回答,"但我到那里的时候,我会帮你们点一支蜡烛的."

三年后,神父回来了,他去看望那对夫妻. 走到屋里,看到妻子怀着孕,忙着照料二个双胞胎小孩.. 神父看到很高兴,问她的丈夫在哪里,他可以祝贺他.

"他去罗马了,去把那支蜡烛吹灭!" 传来一声疲惫的回答.