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LESSON 42 Too clever
第四十二課 聰明過頭
Fred came from school the first half-year
弗雷德上半年入學，
As learned as could be,
努力學了很多知識，
And wished to show to all around how smart a boy was he.
他想著向所有人證明自己的聰明才智。
And so at dinner he began,—
所以，吃完飯時，他開始賣弄，——
"Papa, you think you see two roasted chickens on that dish,now I will prove them three!
“爸爸，你現在看到盤子里有兩只烤雞，但我要證明這有三只。”
"First, this is one, and that is two,as plain as plain can be;
“首先，這是一，那是二，很簡單，
I add the one unto the two,and two and one make three."—
我用一加上二，就得到三了。”
"Just so," then answered his papa;
“就這樣，”他爸爸回答道；
"If what you say is true,
“如果你說的是真的，
I will take one, mamma takes one,
那我吃一只，你媽媽吃一只，
The third we leave for you!"
你就吃第三只吧！”
