My mother promised me a birthday party with a clown.
我妈妈答应给我办一个有小丑的生日派对。
Destroy the lion while he is yet but a whelp.
杀狮应在幼小时。
He loved to be told that one of his imaginary products was temporarily out of stock and he would faithfully promise to call again at some future date, but of course he never did.