讨好国王的毛驴读后感_帖木儿国王和他的毛驴
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One day Tom went to visit King Tamerlane, who took him to see his horses and donkeys, of which he was very proud.Tom naturally wanted to please the King, so he praised each of the animals greatly.
At last they came to a beautiful cream-colored donkey which Tamerlane had bought the week before.
"What a wonderfully clever animal it looks!" cried Tom. "I am sure it could learn to read, Your Majesty!"
As soon as he had said this, he regretted his words, but it was too late to take them back.
Tamerlane looked at Tom. "Well, well," he said after a few moments, "So you believe that you could teach my donkey to read, do you? Well, you have one month to do so."
Tom knew what the King would do to him if he did not succeed in teaching the donkey to read. He took the animal"s rope and led it to his own house, feeling very unhappy indeed.
Exactly a month later, he went to see the King again with the donkey and a very big book. He put the book in front of the donkey, and the animal began to turn the pages eagerly with its tongue. When it reached the middle of the book, it stopped and began to bray loud.
Tamerlane roared with laughter and then said to Tom, "How did you teach it to do this trick?"
Tom took a deep breath of relief and then said, "Well, Your Majesty, I first put some hay between the first and the second page so that the donkey had to turn the first page with his tongue to get the hay. Then the next day, I put the hay between the second and the third page so that he had to turn two pages to get the hay. On the third day hehad to turn three pages, and so on. Today he brayed because he was angry and disappointed when he did not find any hay in the book at all."
一天,汤姆去拜见帖木儿国王,国王带着汤姆去看他引以为豪的马群和驴群。汤姆自然想取悦国王,他热烈赞扬了每一匹马,每一头驴。
最后他们到了帖木儿国王上周刚买回来的一头奶油色的驴子跟前。
“它看起来好聪明啊!”汤姆喊道,“国王陛下,我敢保证它能学会读书的!”
话音刚落他就后悔了,但话已出口,收不回来了。
帖木儿看了汤姆一会儿,然后说:“嗯,嗯,你说你能教我的驴读书是吧?那好,我给你一个月的时间去做这件事。”
汤姆很清楚如果他教不会驴子读书,国王会怎样处置他。他牵着驴,把它领到了自己家,万分沮丧。
整整一个月过后,他带着驴和一本很大的书又去拜见国王。他把书放在驴子面前,驴子就开始用舌头迫不及待地翻书。翻到一半时,它停了下来,开始大声叫唤。
帖木儿大笑起来,他问汤姆:“你是怎么教会它这个把戏的?”
汤姆大大松了一口气,说道:“国王陛下,我开始在第一页和第二页之间放了一些草,所以驴子得用舌头翻过第一页才能吃着草。第二天,我把草放在第二页和第三页之间,所以它就得翻过两页去吃草。第三天,它得翻三页,以此类推。今天它在书里一根草也没找到,感到又生气又失望,就叫了起来。”
