英语短故事 乔治·华盛顿和短柄斧

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When George Wash-ing-ton was quite a little boy, his father gave him a

　　hatchet. It was bright and new, and George took great delight in going

　　about and chopping things with it. He ran into the garden, and there he saw a tree which seemed to say to

　　him, “Come and cut me down!”

　　George had often seen his father's men chop down the great trees in

　　the forest, and he thought that it would be fine sport to see this

　　tree fall with a crash to the ground. So he set to work with his

　　little hatchet, and, as the tree was a very small one, it did not take

　　long to lay it low.

　　Soon after that, his father came home.

　　“Who has been cutting my fine young cherry tree?” he cried. “It was

　　the only tree of its kind in this country, and it cost me a great

　　deal of money.”

　　He was very angry when he came into the house.

　　“If I only knew who killed that cherry tree,” he cried, “I would--yes,

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　　I would”--

　　“Father!” cried little George. “I will tell you the truth about it. I

　　chopped the tree down with my hatchet.”

　　His father forgot his anger.

　　“George,” he said, and he took the little fellow in his arms, “George,

　　I am glad that you told me about it. I would rather lose a dozen

　　cherry trees than that you should tell one false-hood.”

　　乔治·华盛顿和短柄斧

　　在乔治·华盛顿小的时候，他的父亲送给他一把又亮又新的短柄斧。他非常高兴地拿着短柄斧出去砍东西。

　　他跑到花园，看见一棵树，好像在对他说：“快过来，把我砍倒吧！”

　　乔治经常看到父亲的工人在大森林里将大树砍倒。他想，把眼前的树木一下子砍倒，一定非常有趣，于是就用手中的小斧子砍起来。因为这棵树非常细小，他没多久就把它砍倒了。

　　过了一会儿，他的父亲回家了。

　　“是谁砍倒了我这么好的小樱桃树？”他嚷嚷着，“这个品种在这里只有一株，我花了一大笔钱才买到的。”

　　他怒不可遏地走进房间。

　　“要是让我知道是谁砍倒了樱桃树，”他恶狠狠地说，“我就--我就--”

　　“父亲，”小乔治说，“还是我把事实告诉您吧，是我用短柄斧把那棵树砍倒了。”

　　父亲的怒气一下子消失了。

　　“乔治，”他紧紧地抱着小家伙说，“乔治，你告诉了我真相，我很高兴。我宁愿失去一打樱桃树，也不愿意听到你说一句谎话。”