简介:两兄弟把长绳系了个钓钩,挂上一片肉,夜里垂放到水中去,第二天拉起就常常可以得一尾大鱼。但我那继父却不许他们如此钓鱼,以为那么取巧,不是一个男子汉所当为的。有时把钓来的鱼不问死活依然掷到河里去,有时也会把鱼煎好来款待客人。他曾奖励两个儿子到教场同兵将寻衅打架,大儿子常常被人打得头破血流回来,做父亲的一面为他敷那秘
简介:WashingtonCuttheTreesWashingtonwasthefirstpresidentofAmerica.Whenhewasaboy,hecuthisfatherstwocherrytrees.Hisfatherreturnedandgotveryangry.Hesaidtohimself,“IfIfoundoutwhocutmytrees,Iwouldgivehimagoodbeating.”Thefatherlookedeverywhere.Whenheaskedhisson,Washingtonbegantocry.“Icutyourtrees!”Washingtontoldthetruth.Thefathercarriedhissoninhisarmandsaid,“Mycleverchild,Iwouldratherloseonehundredtreesthanyoushouldtellalie.”CanYouKeepaSec...