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名人故事三則

 經典名人故事:Whose horse

Once a neighbor stole one of Washington's horse. Washington horse back. But the neighbor refused to give the horse back. He said that it was his horse.

Suddenly Washington had a good idea. He put both of his hands over the eyes of the horse and said to the neighbor, "If this is your horse, then you must tell us in which eye the horse is blind."

"In the left, "said the neighbor. Washington took his hand from the left eye of the horse and showed the policeman that the horse was not blind in the left eye.

"Oh , I have made a mistake," said the neighbor. "He is blind in the right eye." Washington then showed that the horse was not blind in the right eye, either.

"I have made another mistake," said the neighbor.

"Yes," said the policeman, " and you have Also proved that the horse isn't yours. You mustreturn it to Mr Washington. "

有一次,一個鄰居偷了華盛頓的一匹馬。華盛頓帶着一名警察到鄰居家去把馬要回來,但是鄰居不願還給他,硬說這匹馬是他的。

華盛頓靈機一動,計上心來。他用雙手遮住了馬的雙眼,對鄰居說:“如果這匹馬是你的,那麼你應該告訴我們它的哪一隻眼睛是瞎的?”

“左眼是瞎的,”鄰居說。華盛頓放開遮在左眼的那隻手,給警察看馬的左眼並沒有瞎掉。

“哦,我說錯了,”鄰居說。“右眼是瞎的。”然後華盛頓展示了右眼同樣也沒有瞎。

“我又說錯了。”鄰居說。

“是的,”警察說,“你已證明這匹馬不是你的。你必須把他還給華盛頓先生。”

經典名人故事:He is the thief

Washington was the first president of the U.S. He was very clever even when he was still a 12-year-old-boy.

Once a thief stole some money from Uncle Post, Washington's neighbor. The door of the house was not broken, and things in the room were in good order. Washington concluded that the thief must have been committed by one of the villagers.

That evening at the villagers' meeting the said, "We don't know who stole the money but God does. God sends his wasp to tell good from evil. Every night the wasp flies among us but few people notice it…" Then, all of a sudden Washington waved his hand and cried out, "Look! The wasp has landed on the thief's hat. It is going to sting!"

The crowd burst into an uproar. Everybody turned to look for the thief. But soon the noise died down. All eyes were fixed on a man who was trying hard to drive the "Wasp" off his hat.

"Now we know who the money," Washington said with a smile.

華盛頓是美國的第一任總統,他在12歲時就十分聰明。

有一次,一個小偷從他的鄰居大叔皮斯特那裏偷了一點錢,房屋是好好的,屋子裏的東西很整齊。華盛頓得出結論竊案必定是村民中的某一個人乾的。

晚上在村民大會上,他說:“雖然我們不知道是誰偷了錢,但神知道。神派他的黃蜂分辨善惡,每天晚上黃蜂雖然在我們之間飛,但很少人會察覺。”華盛頓突然揮了揮手喊道:“看黃蜂停在賊的帽子上了,賊要被刺到了。”

人羣突然變得譁然,每個人都轉過身找那個賊,但是不久喧譁聲漸漸平息下來。所有的眼睛都盯着試圖趕走帽子黃蜂的人。

“現在,我們知道了誰偷了錢。”華盛頓微笑着說。

經典名人故事:Swear not to come again

One day, the French famous writer Tristan Bernard went to a restaurant for dinner. But he was not verysatisfied with the food.

"Bring the manager." He said to the waiter after paying the bill.

Soon the manager came. The writer told him, "Please give me a big hug."

"What?"

"Please embrace me!"

"What's the matter with you, sir?"

"This is the last time we'll ever meet."

有一天,著名法國作家特里斯坦·貝爾納去一家餐館吃飯。但是他對飯菜很不滿意。

“請把經理叫來。”付賬後,他對服務員說。

不久經理就來了。作家對他說:“請緊緊擁抱我。”

“什麼?”

“請擁抱我!”

“你怎麼啦,先生?”

“這是我們最後一次見面了。”