Two young men went to a town and worked there. They did not have wives, and a servant(仆人) did the work in their house.
The young men liked laughing a lot. They hung （悬挂）the servant’s shoes up to the ceiling on Monday, and then they laughed. Because the servant had to do the work without shoes and he suddenly fell down.（跌倒） The servant was not angry, but smiled.
Then, the young men put brushes（刷子） in his bed on Tuesday. The servant got into bed and touched the brushes with his feet. He was afraid. The young men laughed loudly again. Again the servant was not angry, but smiled.
Then on Wednesday the young men said to their servant, “You’re a nice, kind man. We’re not going to be unkind to you again.”
The servant smiled and said, “Thank you. And I’m not going to put any more mud(泥) from the street into your coffee.”（那既然这样，我再也不往你们的咖啡里和泥巴了） |
