每日晨读《Birbal the wise》

Birbal the wise 来自小学英语盒子 00:00 02:47

Once there was a wise man named Birbal. One day, a rich man came to Birbal. He said to Birbal, “I have seven servants in my house. One of them has stolen my bag of precious pearls. Please find out the thief.”

从前，有个很聪明的人，他叫比巴尔。有一天一个富人找到了比巴尔，对他说：“我家里有7个仆人，其中有一个人偷了我一袋珍贵的珍珠。请帮我找出这个小偷吧！”
 

So Birbal went to the rich man's house. He called all the seven servants in a room. He gave a stick to each one of them. Then he said, “These are magic sticks. Just now all these sticks are equal in length. Keep them with you and return tomorrow. If there is a thief in the house, his stick will grow an inch longer by tomorrow.”

于是比巴尔去了富人家里，他叫来了全部7个仆人，给每个人发了一根棍子。然后对他们说：“这些是有魔法的棍子，现在这些棍子都是一样长，你们把它们带回家，明天再带过来，如果家里有小偷的话，这个人的棍子明天就会长长一寸。”
 

The servant who had stolen the bag of pearls was scared. He thought, “If I cut a piece of one inch from my stick, I won't be caught.” So he cut the stick and made it shorter by one inch.

偷了珍珠的仆人害怕了，他想：“如果我把棍子切掉一寸的话，就不会被抓到了。”于是他切掉了棍子，让棍子短了一寸。

The next day Birbal collected the sticks from the servants. He found that one servant's stick was short by an inch. Birbal pointed his finger at him and said, “Here is the thief.” The servant confessed to his crime. He returned the bag of pearls. He was sent to jail.

第二天，比巴尔把仆人们的棍子都收了上来。他发现有一个仆人的棍子短了一寸，于是就指着他说：“你就是小偷。”仆人承认了罪行，把珍珠还给了富人，最后还被送进了监狱。

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