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LESSON 43 The prince and the prisoners
第四十三課 王子和囚犯
There was once a prince who now and then paid a visit to the chief prison in the land over which he ruled.
曾經有一位王子，他時不時去視察轄地內的主要監獄。
One day he saw in the prison yard five prisoners, with chains on their wrists, going to their work.
一天，他看見監獄庭院里有５個帶著枷鎖的囚犯正準備去勞動。
He made them halt before him, and then asked them, one by one, how they came to be in prison.
他命令他們停下，隨后一個一個問他們是為什么會坐牢。
The first man said that he had done no wrong, but that the chief witness against him had told a lie.
第一個犯人說他沒有犯錯，只是第一目擊人說了謊，讓他受牢獄之苦。
The second said that the judge who had put him in prison had had a spite against him.
第二個犯人說被法官故意刁難。
The third said that he had been found guilty through a mistake.
第三個犯人說他因為犯錯被判刑。
The fourth said that he had been taken for another man.
第四個犯人說他是被另外一個告發的。
For these reasons they all begged the prince to pardon them.
他們說出這些理由哀求王子的饒恕。
But he turned to the fifth man, and said, "And why are you here?"
但是王子轉向第五個犯人問道：“你為什么坐牢？”
"Alas!" he replied, "I stole a purse, and dare not ask your pardon."
“唉！”他答道，“我偷了一個手提包，不敢奢求您的原諒。”
"Then," said the prince," you are not fit to live with such honest men as these, who say that they have done no wrong!"
“那么，”王子說道，“你這么誠實的人不適合和這些人一起坐牢，他們說自己滿意犯錯！”
Turning to the jailer, he said, "Take off this man's chains, and send him away. He has not added to his crime the sin of telling a lie.
"王子轉向獄吏，說道：“解開他的手銬，放他走。因為他沒有因為說謊而加重了自己的罪行。”
QUESTIONS
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Where did the prince see the five prisoners? What did he ask them? What did the first man say? And the second? And the third? And the fourth? What did these all beg? What did the fifth say? What did the prince answer? What did he tell the jailer to do? Why?
王子在哪里看見五個囚犯？他問了他們什么問題？第一個犯人說了什么？第二個呢？第三個呢？第四個呢？這四個人都哀求什么？第五個人是怎么回答王子問題的？王子又是如何回答他的？王子讓獄吏做了什么？為什么？
