The Crumbs on the Table 桌子上的面包屑
A countryman one day said to his little puppies, "Come into the parlour and enjoy yourselves, and
pick up the bread-crumbs on the table; your mistress has gone out to pay some visits." Then the little
dogs said, "No, no, we will not go. If the mistress gets to know it, she will beat us." The
countryman said, "She will know nothing about it. Do come; after all, she never gives you anything
good." Then the little dogs again said, "Nay, nay, we must let it alone; we must not go." But the
countryman let them have no peace until at last they went, and got on the table, and ate up the
bread-crumbs with all their might. But at that very moment the mistress came, and seized the stick
in great haste, and beat them and treated them very hardly. And when they were outside the house,
the little dogs said to the countryman, "Dost, dost, dost, dost, dost thou see?" Then the countryman
laughed and said, "Didn't, didn't, didn't, you expect it?" So they just had to run away.
pick up the bread-crumbs on the table; your mistress has gone out to pay some visits." Then the little
dogs said, "No, no, we will not go. If the mistress gets to know it, she will beat us." The
countryman said, "She will know nothing about it. Do come; after all, she never gives you anything
good." Then the little dogs again said, "Nay, nay, we must let it alone; we must not go." But the
countryman let them have no peace until at last they went, and got on the table, and ate up the
bread-crumbs with all their might. But at that very moment the mistress came, and seized the stick
in great haste, and beat them and treated them very hardly. And when they were outside the house,
the little dogs said to the countryman, "Dost, dost, dost, dost, dost thou see?" Then the countryman
laughed and said, "Didn't, didn't, didn't, you expect it?" So they just had to run away.
A countryman one day said to his little puppies, "Come into the parlour and enjoy yourselves, and
pick up the bread-crumbs on the table; your mistress has gone out to pay some visits." Then the little
dogs said, "No, no, we will not go. If the mistress gets to know it, she will beat us." The
countryman said, "She will know nothing about it. Do come; after all, she never gives you anything
good." Then the little dogs again said, "Nay, nay, we must let it alone; we must not go." But the
countryman let them have no peace until at last they went, and got on the table, and ate up the
bread-crumbs with all their might. But at that very moment the mistress came, and seized the stick
in great haste, and beat them and treated them very hardly. And when they were outside the house,
the little dogs said to the countryman, "Dost, dost, dost, dost, dost thou see?" Then the countryman
laughed and said, "Didn't, didn't, didn't, you expect it?" So they just had to run away.
pick up the bread-crumbs on the table; your mistress has gone out to pay some visits." Then the little
dogs said, "No, no, we will not go. If the mistress gets to know it, she will beat us." The
countryman said, "She will know nothing about it. Do come; after all, she never gives you anything
good." Then the little dogs again said, "Nay, nay, we must let it alone; we must not go." But the
countryman let them have no peace until at last they went, and got on the table, and ate up the
bread-crumbs with all their might. But at that very moment the mistress came, and seized the stick
in great haste, and beat them and treated them very hardly. And when they were outside the house,
the little dogs said to the countryman, "Dost, dost, dost, dost, dost thou see?" Then the countryman
laughed and said, "Didn't, didn't, didn't, you expect it?" So they just had to run away.