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The Young Thief and His Mother
小偷和他的母親
Long ago, there were a mother and a son living in a house.
很久以前，一所房子里生活著一個母親和她的兒子。
She worked hard everyday, but they were always poor.
母親每天辛苦工作，但他們還是很窮。
One day, her son stole his friend's bag.
有一天，她的兒子偷了朋友的包。
"Mom, what do you think of this bag?" His mother praised her son rather than scolding him.
"媽媽，你覺得這個包怎么樣？"他的母親沒有罵他反而稱贊她的兒子
"It looks great!"
"看起來很好！"
The next time, he stole an overcoat.
下一次，他又偷了一件大衣。
She praised him again when he stole it.
當他告訴母親偷東西的時候，母親又表揚了他。
A few years later, he grew up to be a young man.
幾年后，兒子長成了一個小伙。
He stole jewelry and brought them to his mother.
他偷了珠寶，放到了母親面前。
"How beautiful!" This time, she did not scold her son again.
"多美啊！"這一次，她又沒有罵她兒子。
Then, because he was elated by his mother, he started to steal more expensive things.
然后，因為看到母親為此高興，他開始偷更昂貴的東西。
One day, the police caught him.
一天，他被警察抓住了。
Before putting him in jail, he begged the police to meet his mother.
在關進監獄之前，他懇求警察希望見母親一面。
They took him to his mother.
于是警察帶著他去看望他的母親。
As soon as he saw his mother, he bit her earlobe.
當他看到他的母親，立即咬著她的耳垂。
"Ouch! What's the matter with you?" She finally scolded him.
"哎喲！你瘋了？"她終于罵他了。
Her son answered. "If you had given me a scolding like that when I stole the first bag, I could not have become a thief."
她的兒子回答："如果在我偷了第一個東西的時候你數落我一頓，我就不至于淪為一個小偷。"
She collapsed as she looked at her son heading to prison.
看著她的兒子被送進監獄的時候她崩潰了。
"If I only could turn back time, I would scold him severely."
"如果時間能夠倒流，我會狠狠地罵他一頓。"
She regretted that she always praised him, whatever he did.
她最后悔的是不管兒子做什么她都會稱贊。
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