Birbal the wise 來自小學英語盒子 00:00 02:47

Once there was a wise man named Birbal. One day, a rich man came to Birbal. He said to Birbal, “I have seven servants in my house. One of them has stolen my bag of precious pearls. Please find out the thief.”

從前，有個很聰明的人，他叫比巴爾。有一天一個富人找到了比巴爾，對他說：“我家里有7個仆人，其中有一個人偷了我一袋珍貴的珍珠。請幫我找出這個小偷吧！”
 

So Birbal went to the rich man's house. He called all the seven servants in a room. He gave a stick to each one of them. Then he said, “These are magic sticks. Just now all these sticks are equal in length. Keep them with you and return tomorrow. If there is a thief in the house, his stick will grow an inch longer by tomorrow.”

于是比巴爾去了富人家里，他叫來了全部7個仆人，給每個人發(fā)了一根棍子。然后對他們說：“這些是有魔法的棍子，現(xiàn)在這些棍子都是一樣長，你們把它們帶回家，明天再帶過來，如果家里有小偷的話，這個人的棍子明天就會長長一寸?！?br/> 

The servant who had stolen the bag of pearls was scared. He thought, “If I cut a piece of one inch from my stick, I won't be caught.” So he cut the stick and made it shorter by one inch.

偷了珍珠的仆人害怕了，他想：“如果我把棍子切掉一寸的話，就不會被抓到了?！庇谑撬械袅斯髯樱尮髯佣塘艘淮?。

The next day Birbal collected the sticks from the servants. He found that one servant's stick was short by an inch. Birbal pointed his finger at him and said, “Here is the thief.” The servant confessed to his crime. He returned the bag of pearls. He was sent to jail.

第二天，比巴爾把仆人們的棍子都收了上來。他發(fā)現(xiàn)有一個仆人的棍子短了一寸，于是就指著他說：“你就是小偷?！逼腿顺姓J了罪行，把珍珠還給了富人，最后還被送進了監(jiān)獄。