A Good Boy
A young boy did not live too far from school, so he used to walk there and back everyday. On his way to school he passed a playground which used to get very wet when it rained. One day the boy came home very wet. His mother became angry and said, “Dot play in the water on your way home from school.”
The next day he came home very wet again, and his mother became even angrier.” I’ll tell your father if you come home wet again, “ she said,” and then he’ll punish you.”
The third day, when the school was over, he came back home neatly. “You were a good boy today,” his mother said.” You didn’t play in the water.” No,” he answered sadly,” there were so many older boys in the water when I got there this after noon that there wasn’t any room for me to play at all.”
好孩子
有個(gè)小男孩住在學(xué)校附近，他每天步行去上學(xué)，步行回家。在上學(xué)途中，他總是要經(jīng)過一個(gè)運(yùn)動(dòng)場(chǎng)。這個(gè)運(yùn)動(dòng)場(chǎng)一下雨應(yīng)付積水。有一天，這小孩全身濕漉漉地回到家。母校很生氣，說：“放學(xué)回家的路上，不許去玩水！”
第二天，他回家又是全身濕漉漉的，母親更生氣了。她說：“你再這樣了回家，我就告訴你爸爸，看他怎么收拾你！”
又過了一天，這小孩放學(xué)回到家里，全身干干的。母親說：“今天真乖，沒有玩水。”他傷心地答道：“不！今天下午我到那兒的時(shí)候，水里比我大的男孩太多了，根本沒有地方給我玩。”
