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Fifty Famous Stories Retold 10.Three Men of Gotham There is a town in England called Gotham,and many merry stories are told of the queer people who used to live there. One day two men of Gotham met on a bridge.Hodge was coming from the market,and Peter was going to the market. “Where are you going?”said Hodge. "I am going to the market to buy sheep,"said Peter. Buy sheep?”said Hodge.“And which way will you bring them home?” "I shall bring them over this bridge,"said Peter. "No,you shall not,"said Hodge. "Yes,but I will,"said Peter. “You shall not,.”said Hodge. I will,.”said Peter. Then they beat with their sticks on the ground as though there had been a hundred sheep between them. "Take care!"cried Peter."Look out that my sheep don't jump on the bridge.” 'I care not where they jump,”said Hodge;:“but they shall not go over it.” “But they shall,.”said Peter.. ·060· 西方老故事50篇 10.三个哥坦人 英格兰有一个名叫哥坦的城市，那里生活着一些稀 ①queer [kwio]a.异乎寻 奇古怪的人，有许许多多关于他们的有趣故事。 常的 一天，两个哥坦城的人在桥上相遇。原来是赫奇从 集市上返回，而彼得正好要去那里。 “你要到哪里去？”赫奇问。 “我要去集市买羊。”彼得回答。 “买羊？”赫奇说，“那你准备把羊从哪条路带回家？” “从这座桥上带回去。”彼得说。 “不行，你不能从这里过。”赫奇说。 “我就要从这儿过。”彼得说。 “不准你从这儿过！”赫奇说。 “我就要过！”彼得又说。 说着说着，他们开始用手杖敲打着桥面，就好像真 的有一百只羊从那里经过似的。 “当心！”彼得叫了起来，“注意别让我的羊在桥 上乱跳。” “我才不管它们在哪儿跳，”赫奇说，“我不许羊从 桥上过去。” “偏要让它们从这里过去。”彼得说。 ·061 Fifty Famous Stories Retold “Have a care,”said Hodge;“for if you say too much,I will put my fingers in your mouth.” “Will you??”said Peter. Just then another man of Gotham came from the market with a sack of meal on his horse.He heard his neighbors quarreling about sheep;but he could see no sheep between them,and so he stopped and spoke to them. "Ah,you foolish fellows!"he cried."It is strange that you will never learn wisdom.-Come here,Peter,and help me lay my sack on my shoulder." Peter did so,and the man carried his meal to the side of the bridge. Now look at me,.”he said,.“and learn a lesson.”And he opened the mouth of the sack,and poured all the meal into the river. "Now,neighbors,"he said,"can you tell how much meal is in my sack?" How much meal行in my sack?” ·062· 西方老故事50篇 “当心！”赫奇说，“你再啰唆，我就要把手指头 塞进你的嘴里。” “你敢！”彼得回敬道。 ①sack[sek]n.大口袋 恰好当时另一个哥坦城的人牵着马从集市上返回， ②meal [mi:l]n.粗磨面粉 马背上驮着一袋面粉。此人听见邻居们正在为羊的事情 争吵，可是他一只羊也没看见！于是他停下脚步，开口 对那两个人说话。 “喂，你们两个蠢蛋！”此人叫道，“真奇怪，你 们怎么就是不能学聪明一点？彼得过来，帮我把袋子放 到肩膀上。” 彼得照做了，然后那个人又把面粉扛到桥边。 “现在看着我，”此人又说，“我要给你们一个教 训！”说完他打开口袋，把面粉全部倒进了河里。 “现在，邻居们，”他问，“谁能告诉我袋子里还剩 下多少面粉？” “袋子里还剩下多少面粉？” ·063· Fifty Famous Stories Retold "There is none at all!"cried Hodge and Peter together. "You are right,"said the man;"and you that stand here and quarrel about nothing,have no more sense in your heads than I have meal in my sack!" ·064· 西方老故事50篇 “一点面粉都没有了！”赫奇和彼得一起叫道。 “你们说对了。”这个人说，“你们站在这里为不存 在的东西争吵，你们的脑袋就像这个口袋一样，空空如 也！” ·065·