“近朱者赤，近墨者黑”买驴人的大智慧

中等

初中二年级

记叙文

逸闻趣事

一天，一个男人在市场上买了一只驴子。他把它带回家后，可是没过多久，他就回到市场要求把驴子退了。

A man bought a donkey (驴) at the market one day and took him home. Now the man had some donkeys already. __▲_____

一天，一个人在市场上买了一头驴，把它带回家。现在这个人已经有几头驴了。__▲_____

One of the donkeys was very strong and brave. Another kept active for a while but quickly tired. One donkey was very lazy. He hated going to work in the morning and he did as little as he possibly could all day long. When the other animals were being loaded up (装货) he always tried to be the last so that he would get the lightest load.

其中一头驴子非常强壮和勇敢。另一个保持活跃一段时间，但很快就累了。有一头驴很懒。他讨厌早上去上班，整天都尽可能少做事。当其他动物被装上货物时，他总是试图最后一个，这样他就能得到最轻的货物。

The man led the new donkey into the stable (马廐) yard. For a while he stood sniffing (嗅) at his new friends. Then, he ran to the lazy donkey quickly and began feeding comfortably at his side.

那人把新买的驴牵进马厩的院子里。他站在那儿嗅了一会儿他的新朋友。然后，他迅速跑到那头懒驴身边，开始舒服地吃东西。

Though it was late in the day, the man led the new donkey out of the yard right away, straight back to the market. “It is only ten minutes since you bought him. You don’t know him enough,” said the donkey seller.

虽然天已经很晚了，但这个人还是马上把新买的驴牵出了院子，直接回到了市场。“你买他才十分钟。你还不够了解他。”卖驴的说。

“I don’t need to try him any more,” replied the man. “I know just what he is like from the friend he chose for himself. Take him away and give me my money back. I can do without donkeys like him.”

“我不需要再试他了，”那人回答。“从他为自己选择的朋友我就知道他是什么样的。把他带走，把钱还给我。没有他这样的驴子，我也能过日子。”