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　　：A Foolish Man Buys Shoes

　　There awas once a foolish man. One day he wanted to go to the market to buy a pair of new shoes. He first measured his foot with a ruler and then took a piece of straw and marked the length of his foot on it. But he was in such a hurry to set off that he left the straw at home.

　　At the market, having found a shoe-stall, he felt in his pockets, only to find that the straw was not there. So he said to the shoemaker, "I've left the measurement at home, so I don't know the size. I'll have to go back for it." with these words, he hurried off.

　　He hurried home for the straw and then hurried back to the market again. The trip home and back took him a lot of time. By the time he reached the market, it was almost dark and the market was already over. he had gone to all this trouble for nothing and still had not managed to buy the shoes.

　　Then someone asked him, "Did you want to buy the shoes for yourself or for someone else?"

　　He answered, "For myself, of course!"

　　The man then asked him, "Well, but haven't you brought your feet with you?" What do you need to bring the measurement for?"

　　：驢和買驢的人

　　A man wanted to buy an ass. He went to the market, and saw a likely one. But he wanted totest him first.

　　So he took the ass home, and put him into the stable with the other asses. The new asslooked around, and immediately went to choose a place next to the laziest ass in the stable.

　　When the man saw this he put a halter on the ass at once, and gave him back to his owner.

　　The owner felt quite surprised. He asked the man, "Why are you back so soon? Have youtested him already?" "I don't want to test him any more," replied the man, "From thecompanion he chose for himself, I could see what sort of animal he is."

　　一個買主到市場上去買驢，他看中一頭外表不錯的驢，但是他想要牽走試一試。

　　他把驢牽回家，放在自己其他的驢之間，這驢四處看看，立即走向一頭好吃懶做的驢旁邊。

　　於是，買驢的人立刻給那頭驢套上轡頭，牽去還給驢的賣主。

　　賣主感到很奇怪，他問買主：“你怎麼這麼快就回來了?”買主說：“不必再試了，從他所選擇什麼樣的朋友來看，我已經知道他是什麼樣了。”

　　寓意：物以類聚，人以群分。人們往往喜歡跟與自己相同的人交往，所以，我們可以根據一個人的朋友來推斷他的為人。

　　：海盜的寶藏

　　"Ten steps from the porch and twenty steps from the rose bushes," growled Bluebeard in Jimmy's dream one night. "There be treasure there! Aawrgh."

　　So the next day Jimmy began to dig. He dug until the hole was deep and the dirt pile was high. He kept digging. The hole got deeper and the dirt pile got higher.

　　He dug until the hole was deepest and the dirt pile was at its highest. He sighed. "I'm too tired. I can't dig anymore." Then he spied something.

　　but it was only one of Woofy's bones. Instead of treasure, all Jimmy had was a dog bone, a hole, and a big pile of dirt to fill it in with. He thought "That pirate lied to me!"

　　But when Jimmy's mother saw what he had done, she clasped her hands and smiled a smile from here to Sunday. "Oh, thank you, Jimmy. I always wanted a rhododendron bush planted just there. Here's $5.00 for digging that hole."