LESSON 42 Too clever
第四十二课 聪明过头
Fred came from school the first half-year
弗雷德上半年入学，
As learned as could be,
努力学了很多知识，
And wished to show to all around how smart a boy was he.
他想着向所有人证明自己的聪明才智。
And so at dinner he began,—
所以，吃完饭时，他开始卖弄，——
"Papa, you think you see two roasted chickens on that dish,now I will prove them three!
“爸爸，你现在看到盘子里有两只烤鸡，但我要证明这有三只。”
"First, this is one, and that is two,as plain as plain can be;
“首先，这是一，那是二，很简单，
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;
“就这样，”他爸爸回答道；
"If what you say is true,
“如果你说的是真的，
I will take one, mamma takes one,
那我吃一只，你妈妈吃一只，
The third we leave for you!"
你就吃第三只吧！”
