第20章 Sam and Harry 山姆和哈里

One fine summer afternoon, Sam was walking home from school. He went along slowly, reading a book.

Sam had spent all his money for the book, but he was a happy boy.

At length he came into the highroad, where there was a gate. A blind man stood, holding it open.

The poor man said, "Please give me a few cents to buy some bread!" But Sam gave him nothing.

What! did Sam give the poor blind man nothing? Yes; for, as I told you, he had spent all his money.

So Sam walked on, very sad. Soon after, a fine carriage came up, and in it were Harry and his mother.

The blind man stood, and held out his hat. "Let us give the poor man something," said Harry to his mother.

His mother gave him some cents. Harry took them, but did not put them into the man's hat.

He threw them into the hedge as far as he could. The poor man could not find them, for, you know, he was blind.

Sam had turned back to look at the fine carriage. He saw Harry throw the cents into the hedge; so he came back at once, and looked for the money until he found it all for the blind man.

This took so long a time, that he almost lost his supper.

Which of the boys do you think was truly kind to the poor man?

I know which he thanked most in his heart.

夏日一个晴朗的下午，山姆放学后在回家的路上。他边走边看书，走得很慢。

山姆把零花钱都拿去买书了，可他是一个很快乐的孩子。

走了好一会，他来到了公路上，那儿有一个大门，一个盲人站在打开的大门的边上。

一个可怜的人说：“能不能给我几美分，我去买几个面包！”可山姆连一美分都没给他。

什么！山姆竟然一美分都没给那个可怜的盲人？是的，因为，就像我前面所说的，他把所有的钱都拿去买书了。

所以山姆很难过地从他身边走过。这时，一辆豪华的马车来了，车上坐着哈里和他的妈妈。

盲人站了起来向前走去，他将自己的破帽子伸了过去。“我们给他一点钱吧，妈妈。”哈里说。

妈妈给了哈里一些钱，哈里接过钱，但是他并没有把钱放进那个盲人的帽子里。

他使足了劲，将那些钱丢进了附近的篱笆里。盲人找不到它们，你也知道，他是一个盲人，什么都看不见。

山姆转过身来看那辆豪华马车的同时看见了哈里将钱币丢在篱笆里，他立刻转身回来，蹲在地上开始找那些钱币，直到全部找到之后，将它们交给了那个可怜的盲人。

找那些钱币花费了山姆好长时间，他差点错过了自己的晚饭时间。

你认为哪个男孩对盲人是真正的仁慈？

我知道盲人心里最感激的是哪一个。