那些給我智慧和勇氣的寓言故事75：瘸子之鄉(xiāng)

Many years since in a small territory, there was not one of the inhabitants who did not stutter when he spoke, and halt in walking; both these defects, moreover, were considered accomplishments.

很多年前，在一個(gè)很小的地方，住在那里的所有居民都有口吃且瘸著腿走路，而這兩種缺陷居然還被視為才能。

A stranger saw the evil, and thinking how they would admire his walking, went about without halting, after the usual manner Of our race.

一個(gè)外地人到了那里，看到了這樣的缺陷，以為那里的居民會(huì)羨慕他的走姿。于是，他沒(méi)有跛腳，而是按照正常人的走姿走來(lái)走去。

Every one stopped to look at him, and all those who looked, laughed, and holding their sides to repress their merriment, shouted,

當(dāng)?shù)厝硕纪Ｏ聛?lái)看他，都哈哈大笑起來(lái)。最后，他們好不容易忍住笑喊道：

"Teach the strenger how to walk properly! " The stranger considered it his duty to cast the reproach from himself. "

“來(lái)教教這個(gè)外地人怎樣正確地走路吧” 這個(gè)外地人覺(jué)得自己有責(zé)任反駁他們：_你們才是瘸子，

You halt, he cried, "It is not I, you must accustom yourselves to leave off so awkward a habit!"

他 高聲喊道：”不是我，你們必須改掉這種難看的走姿!”

This only increased the uproars, when they heard him speak; he did not even stammer; this was sufficient to disgrace him, and he was laughed at throughout the country.

這使當(dāng)?shù)?人更加嘩然大笑。因?yàn)樗麄兟?tīng)他說(shuō)話(huà)居然還不口吃!這真讓人覺(jué)得 丟臉啊。他所到之處，都會(huì)遭到別人的嘲笑。