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My Houy master was very interested in me，and as soon as I could speak the language，he asked me to explain where I had come from．
我的慧骃主人對我很感興趣，一旦我會說他們的話，他就請我解釋我是從哪兒來的。
Well，master，I neighed，I've come from a country on the other side of the world．And you may not believe this，
好的，主人，我嘶叫，我是從在世界的另一邊的國家來的。
but in my country all the important people look like Yahoos．
也許你不信，在我的國家所有的重要人物都看起來像耶胡。
But how is that possible？he asked gently．Your Houys surely wouldn't allow unintelligent creatures like Yahoos to control the country．
可是那怎么可能呢？他溫柔地問我，你們慧骃肯定不會允許愚蠢的耶胡來控制國家。
It may seem strange，I agreed，but you see，I was sur－prised to find that in this country the Houys are the sensitive and intelligent creatures．
也許這看起來有點奇怪，我表示贊同，可是你看，我發現在這個國家里慧骃是理智而智慧生物也很吃驚。
And if I'm lucky enough to return home，I'll tell my friends all about it．But I'm afraid they may accuse me of lying．
如果我運氣好能回到家，我會把這些都告訴我的朋友，不過我擔心他們會說我在撒謊。
My master looked quite worried．What is lying？he asked．
我的主人看得出來相當擔心。什么是撒謊？他問。
In their language there is no word which means telling lies，and my master had great difficulty in understanding me．I tried to explain．
在他們的語言中沒有撒謊一詞，我的主人要理解我很困難。我嘗試著解釋。
Oh，he answered，still unsure．But why does anyone tell a lie？There's no reason for doing it．
噢，他回答，仍然不能肯定，可是為什么要撒謊呢？沒有理由那樣做。
We use language in this country in order to understand each other，and to give and re-ceive information．
在這個國家我們用語言來相互理解，發出和接收信息。
If you don't tell the truth，how can people understand each other？
如果你們不說真相，人們怎么能相互理解呢？
關于《格列佛游記》格列佛討好國王和王后的幾種方法—他表現了他的音樂才能—國王詢問關于英國的情況，格列佛就此所做的敘述—國王的意見。
