3月27日，星期二

　　曼谷美妙而令人驚異！這些地方很有趣。我們參觀了著名的水上市場，看到很多水果和蔬菜。一切都很鮮艷(colorful)，我們已經(jīng)用我們的新相機(jī)(camera)拍了好幾百張照片(hundreds of photos)。之后我們將出發(fā)前往(leave for)清邁。我們將乘北去的列車，在清邁呆兩天，然后趕公交車(catch a bus)去清萊。

　　3月30日，星期五

　　我們?nèi)デ迦R的旅程長而枯燥(boring)。我們游覽了山里的一個(gè)小村莊(small village)。這里的村民喜歡安靜的生活一沒有電腦和電話。他們是我所見過的最友好的(the kindest)人。在這里我感覺很好，希望明年還能再來這里。?

　　四十六. The Blue Pig with a Black Tail

　　Once upon a time(從前) a certain king sent a message to another king, saying, “Send me a blue pig with a black tail, or else——”

　　The other replied, “I haven't one; if I had——”

　　Both kings were so angry that they went to war with each other. They collected all their soldiers and fought with each other. Brave men were killed, and women and children died because they could get nothing to eat.

　　When it seemed that neither side could win the war, the kings began to talk aboutpeace. First of all, it was necessary to explain the two messages. Each king was angry at what the other had said.

　　“What did you mean,”Asked the second king, “by saying, ‘sending a blue pig with a black tail, or else——’?”

　　“Why,”said the first king, “I could mean only one thing. I meant that I wanted you to send me a blue pig with a black tail, or else a pig of some other color.”

　　“Oh, that was all, was it? I did not get the whole of your message,”answered the second king. “What a pity! “He added.

　　“Ah, but I must know what you meant by your reply to my message,”asked the first king. “You said, 'I haven't one; if I had——”'

　　“Why, my answer is very clear. I meant that I hadn't one; if I had, I should have sent it to you.”

　　“Well, well! “said the first king, “We have been fighting about nothing. If we had only explained these things before the war started, then this bitter war must have beenavoided.”

　　So the great war of the blue pig with the black tail was recorded in the histories of the two countries in order to prevent such a war happening again.

　　【漢語翻譯】

　　黑尾巴的藍(lán)豬

　　從前有位國王給另一位國王送去一條信息，說，“給我送來一只長著黑尾巴(tail)的藍(lán)豬，或者其他的——”

　　另一位回答說，“我沒有這樣的豬，如果我有——”。

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