好孩子

張亞麗

[英語原文]

Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. “What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday？”

“I gave it to a poor old woman.” he answered.

“Youre a good boy，” said the mother proudly， “Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman？”“She is the one who sells the candy.”

[漢語翻譯]

小羅伯特向媽媽要兩分錢。

“昨天我給你的錢你用去干什么了？”

“我把它給了一個可憐的老太婆。”他回答說。

“你真是個好孩子，”媽媽驕傲地說，“我再給你兩分錢。可你為什么對那個老太太那么感興趣呢？”

“她是個賣糖果的。”

[小幽默大智慧]

小羅伯特向媽媽要錢，媽媽痛快地給了他，因為她以為小羅伯特很有愛心——把錢給了一個可憐的老太婆。事實上，小羅伯特是拿錢從這個老太婆那里買了糖果呢！

（陶 陶）