Paul Finds a Thief

江蘇張家港市東渡實驗學校 錢喆洋 編譯

One summer morning, aministerwent to seeEmperorWood and told hima piece of bad news. He said that his goldcoinswere all gone and the money must have beenstolenthe night before!

一個夏天的早晨，一個大臣去見伍德皇帝，告訴了他一條壞消息。大臣說，他的金幣都不見了，錢肯定是前一天晚上被偷的！

Emperor Wood wasshockedto hear this, because the minister lived in a very safe place and all his ministers lived in that place. It was the safest place in that country. Surely no one could havebroken intothe house to steal the gold coins! Emperor thought that it must have been stolen by one of his other ministers. “But who stole the money?” Emperor Wood wondered.

伍德皇帝聽到這個消息很震驚，因為這個大臣住在一個非常安全的地方，他的所有大臣都住在那個地方。那是那個國家最安全的地方。肯定沒人能闖進房子里去偷金幣！皇帝認為，金幣一定是被他的其中一個大臣偷走了。“但是，誰偷了錢呢？”伍德皇帝想。

“How tosolve the case?” thought Emperor Wood. Suddenly, the Emperor thought of Paul. Paul was not only a very famous doctor, but also a well-knowndetectivein the country. Emperor Wood sent hismanto ask Paul to come to Emperor Wood’s palace.

“怎么破案？”伍德皇帝想。突然，皇帝想到了保羅。保羅不僅是這個國家一位非常有名的醫生，而且是一位有名的偵探。伍德皇帝派人去請保羅到自己的宮殿來。

“Can you find out the thief, Paul?” asked the Emperor.

“你能查出小偷嗎，保羅？”皇帝問道。

“Yes, of course I can,” answered Paul.

“是的，我當然可以。”保羅回答。

“Great! When you find the thief, you will berewarded with100 gold coins,”promisedthe Emperor.

“太好了！如果你找到了小偷，你將得到100金幣的獎勵。”皇帝承諾道。

“Thank you very much,” said Paul.

“非常感謝。”保羅說。

Paulcalled foradonkey. Hetiedthe donkey to apoleat the place where the minister lived. Then, hepaintedthe donkey’stailwith a black coat of paint! After that, he would order all the ministers to lift the donkey’s tail and say “I did not steal the gold coins” . Then each of them must come to the palace later that day.

保羅叫了一頭驢。他把驢拴在大臣們住的地方的一根柱子上。然后，他在驢的尾巴涂上了一層黑漆！之后，他命令所有大臣舉起驢子的尾巴并且說“我沒有偷金幣”這句話。然后他們每個人都必須在當天晚些時候到皇宮來。

When the ministers were all at the palace, Paul said, “Now each of you must turn your hand up, so I can see thepalm ofyourhand.” The ministers did not know what to think of it, but they had to do so.

當眾大臣都到了宮里的時候，保羅說：“現在你們每個人都要舉手，以便我能看見你們的掌心。”眾大臣對此莫名其妙，但是也只能照做了。

When Paul looked at the hand of each minister, he saw that each one of them had a blackpatchof paint on their palms,exceptGogh.

保羅看了看每一位大臣的手，發現他們的手掌上都有一塊黑漆，只有高赫除外。

Immediately, Paul found that Gogh was the thief, asin fear, he did nottouchthe donkey’s tail.

保羅立刻發現，高赫就是那個偷金幣的賊，因為他出于害怕沒有摸驢尾巴。

Notes:

ministern. 大臣

emperorn. 皇帝

a piece of bad news一條壞消息

coinn. 硬幣

stolen （steal的過去分詞）偷竊

shockedadj.震驚的

break into破門而入

solvev. 解決

casen. 案件

solve the case破案

detectiven. 偵探

mann. 手下人；手下

reward with以……獎勵

promisev. 承諾；答應

call for叫來

donkeyn. 驢子

tiev. 捆；綁；扣；系

polev. 桿子

paintv. 刷

tailn. 尾巴

palm of hand 手掌

patchn. 斑塊

exceptprep. 除了……

immediatelyadv. 立即；馬上

in fear 出于害怕

touchv. 觸摸

Keys to Where Are These?

I. right, left; girl, in, front; man, on; tiger, between; on

II. on; over; in; above; near; in; under; on

III. by; on; in; on; in; under; beside

I. Read and judge TRUE(√) or FALSE(×).

1. The Emperor’s gold coins were all gone. ( )

2. Emperor Wood knew who stole the money. ( )

3. Paul was a famous doctor and detective. ( )

4. Some ministers did not lift their hands to touch the donkey’s tail. ( )

5. Gogh was the thief. ( )

II. Put the following into Chinese.

a piece of news __________

the night before ___________

a safe place _______________

break into ________________

solve the case _____________

well-known ______________

rewared with __________

call for _______________

after that ______________

later that day ___________

have to do so __________

in fear ________________

Keys to True Friends

I. 1. trees 2. friends 3. frightened 4. running after 5. asked for help

II. busy, hungry, tired, ready

III. It is better to rely on yourself than depend on others.