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You will find it difficult to believe what happened next．
你將覺得接下來發生的事很難置信。
Sir，I said，Id like to give you something to thank you for your kindness to me since I arrived at the palace．
先生，我說，我想送給你一樣東西以表示感謝自我從來到宮里后你對我的厚愛。
Three or four hundred years ago，we Europeans discovered how to make a special powder．When you set fire to it，it burns and ex-plodes immediately，with a noise louder than thunder．
三四百年前，我們歐洲人發明了怎樣制造一種特別的粉末。當你點燃它時，它立即燃燒爆炸，聲音比打雷還響，
You can use it to shoot heavy balls of metal from large guns．It can destroy the largest ships，it can kill a whole army，it can cut men's bodies in half，it can destroy the strongest walls．
你可以用它來把很沉的金屬彈丸從很大的槍中射出，它可以摧毀最大的輪船，消滅整個軍隊，把人的身軀切成兩半，摧毀最堅固的墻壁。
It's called gunpowder，and it's easy and cheap to make．To show you how grateful I am to you，I'm offering to explain how to make it-then you will be able to destroy all your enemies！
它叫火藥，制作起來簡單廉價。為了表達我是多么的感激你，我自愿給你解釋怎么制造它—然后你就有能力消滅你的所有敵人！
I was very surprised by the King's reply．
我對國王的回答感到非常吃驚。
No！he cried in horror．Don't tell me！I don't want to know how to murder people like that．
不！他驚恐地叫道，不要告訴我！我不想知道怎樣去謀殺人。
I would rather give half my country away than know the secret of this powder．How can a tiny creature like you have such inhuman，cruel ideas？Never speak to me of this again！
我寧愿割出一半國土也不想知道這種粉末的秘密。你們這樣渺小的生物怎么可以有如此不人道、殘酷的想法？決不要再跟我提這事！
How strange that such an excellent king should not take the chance I was offering him！No European king would hesitate for a moment But he had other strange ideas．
多么奇怪！如此優秀的國王，竟然不抓住我提供給他的機會！任何一個歐洲國王絕不會有一絲猶豫。可是他還有其他怪念頭。
He believed，very simply，that every problem can be solved by honest，sen-sible people，and that the political life of a country must have no secrets and must be open for all to see and understand．
他相信，每個問題都可以被誠實、通情理的人解決，一個國家的政治生活必須沒有秘密，必須公開給世人看和理解。
Of course，we know that this is impossible，so perhaps his opinion of us is not worth considering．
當然，我們知道這是不可能的，所以他的看法也許對我們來說不值得考慮。
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