LESSON 16 A KIND BROTHER 善良的哥哥

1.A boy was once sent from home to take a basket of things to his grandmother.

2.The basket was so full that it was very heavy.So his little brother went with him, to help carry the load.

3.They put a pole under the handle of the basket, and each then took hold of an end of the pole.In this way they could carry the basket very nicely.

4.Now the older boy thought, “My brother Tom does not know about this pole.”

5.“If I slip the basket near him, his side will be heavy, and mine light; but if the basket is in the middle of the pole, it will be as heavy for me as it is for him.”

6.“Tom does not know this as I do.But I will not do it.It would be wrong, and I will not do what is wrong.”

7.Then he slipped the basket quite near his own end of the pole.His load was now heavier than that of his little brother.

8.Yet he was happy; for he felt that he had done right.Had he deceived his brother, he would not have felt at all happy.

【中文閱讀】

1.從前，父母叫哥哥給奶奶送一籃子東西。

2.籃子裝得滿滿的，很重。于是，弟弟要跟哥哥一起去，幫著哥哥抬籃子。

3.他們把一根竿子放到籃子的把手下，兩人各抬竿子的一端。這樣，他們就能很輕松地抬起籃子。

4.這時，哥哥想：“我弟弟湯姆不懂得這根竿子的作用。”

5.“如果我把籃子滑得離他近一些，他那端就會重一些，我這端就會輕一些。但如果籃子在中間，兩端就一樣重。”

6.“雖然湯姆不懂得這個道理，但我不能這么做。這么做是錯誤的，我不能做錯誤的事。”

7.然后，哥哥把籃子滑得離自己這端近些。他抬的這端比他弟弟那端重多了。

8.但哥哥卻非常高興，因為他覺得自己做的對。如果他欺騙了弟弟，他將會感到不快樂。