讀點好英文:The Young Thief and His Mother 小偷和他的母親

The Young Thief and His Mother 小偷和他的母親

A young man was caught stealing, and sentenced to death three days later.

He wanted to speak with his mother before the execution. Of course this was granted.

When his mother came to him, he said，“I want to tell you something.”He said something but she could not hear. He whispered again, and when she came close to him, she put her ear to his mouth.He nearly bit off her ear.All the bystanders were horrified.

“It is to punish her，”he said.“When I was young I began stealing little things, and brought them home to mother. Instead of punishing me, she laughed and said，‘It will not be noticed.'It is because of her that I am here today.”

一個小偷在盜竊時被逮了個正著，因此被判處死刑，三天后執(zhí)行。

他想在行刑前與他的母親話別。當然這是允許的。

當他媽媽來到他的面前時，他說：“我要告訴您一件事?！彼f的她根本聽不見。她走近了一些，小偷又輕聲說了一遍。當她將耳朵貼近他的嘴時，小偷突然咬住母親的耳朵，差點兒把耳朵咬了下來。周圍的人都驚呆了。

“這是對她的懲罰，”他說，“我小時候小偷小摸，把偷的東西帶回家給她，她不但不懲罰我，反而笑著說：‘不會被發(fā)現(xiàn)的?！褪且驗樗也怕涞浇裉爝@樣的下場。”