我愿挨荊條抽打

Long， long ago， there lived a king who liked to eat fish very much.He wouldn't have a meal without fish. One day， the weather was so bad that no fisherman went fishing.The King said that whoever brought him a fish could get everything he wanted.

An old fisherman went fishing in the river in the bad weather.He was lucky enough to catch a big fish.He decided to send it to the King.

At the palace gate the old man was stopped by a guard.\"You must promise to give me half of the things that the King will give you， or you can't go in，\" said the guard. The old man had to promise to do so.

A minister met the old man in the courtyard.He did not let the old man in until he promised to give him half of the things the King would give him for the fish.

The King was very glad to see the fish the fisherman offered.He asked the minister to give the old fisherman a lot of gold， however， the fisherman refused and said，\"No， I don't want any gold. What I want is to be beaten with a cane for two hundred hits.\"

The King was very confused when he heard that. Soon he understood everything. The guard and the minister each were given one hundred hits--half of the things the fisherman asked the King to give.

很久很久以前，有一個國王非常喜歡吃魚，他沒有一餐不吃魚的。一天，天氣非常惡劣，沒有漁夫出去打魚。國王說，誰要是能帶給他一條魚，他就獎給他一切他想要的東西。

一個老漁夫在惡劣的天氣下去河里打魚了。很幸運，他抓住了一條大魚。他決定把魚帶給國王。

在宮殿門口，老人被衛(wèi)兵攔住了。“你必須保證把國王獎勵給你的東西分我一半，不然你別想進去。”衛(wèi)兵說。老人只好同意了。

一個大臣在庭園里看到了老人，他也讓老人保證把國王的獎勵分他一半，才讓老人進去見國王。

國王看到漁夫送來魚很高興。他命令大臣給老人很多金子，但老人不接受金子，說：“不，我不想要金子。我只想挨荊條抽，抽打我兩百下。”

國王聽了這話困惑不解。很快他就明白了一切。衛(wèi)兵和大臣各被抽打了一百下——領(lǐng)受了漁夫向國王要的一半獎勵。