名人故事三则

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　经典名人故事：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，一个邻居偷了华盛顿的一匹马。华盛顿带着一名警察到邻居家去把马要回来，但是邻居不愿还给他，硬说这匹马是他的。

华盛顿灵机一动，计上心来。他用双手遮住了马的双眼，对邻居说：“如果这匹马是你的，那么你应该告诉我们它的哪一只眼睛是瞎的?”

“左眼是瞎的，”邻居说。华盛顿放开遮在左眼的那只手，给警察看马的左眼并没有瞎掉。

“哦，我说错了，”邻居说。“右眼是瞎的。”然后华盛顿展示了右眼同样也没有瞎。

“我又说错了。”邻居说。

“是的，”警察说，“你已证明这匹马不是你的。你必须把他还给华盛顿先生。”

经典名人故事：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.

华盛顿是美国的第一任总统，他在12岁时就十分聪明。

有一次，一个小偷从他的邻居大叔皮斯特那里偷了一点钱，房屋是好好的，屋子里的东西很整齐。华盛顿得出结论窃案必定是村民中的某一个人干的。

晚上在村民大会上，他说：“虽然我们不知道是谁偷了钱，但神知道。神派他的黄蜂分辨善恶，每天晚上黄蜂虽然在我们之间飞，但很少人会察觉。”华盛顿突然挥了挥手喊道：“看黄蜂停在贼的帽子上了，贼要被刺到了。”

人群突然变得哗然，每个人都转过身找那个贼，但是不久喧哗声渐渐平息下来。所有的眼睛都盯着试图赶走帽子黄蜂的人。

“现在，我们知道了谁偷了钱。”华盛顿微笑着说。

经典名人故事：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，著名法国作家特里斯坦·贝尔纳去一家餐馆吃饭。但是他对饭菜很不满意。

“请把经理叫来。”付账后，他对服务员说。

不久经理就来了。作家对他说：“请紧紧拥抱我。”

“什么?”

“请拥抱我!”

“你怎么啦，先生?”

“这是我们最后一次见面了。”