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Many years since in a small territory（領土）, there was not one of the inhabitants who did not stutter（ /ˈstʌtər/ 結巴） when he spoke, and halt（跛） in walking;
許多年前，在一個小地方，當地的居民沒有一個說話不結巴，走路不跛腳。
both these defects, moreover, were considered accomplishments（技藝）. A stranger saw the evil, and thinking how they would admire his walking, went about without halting, after the usual manner of our race.
這還不算完，關鍵是這些毛病都被當成是才藝。一個外來者看到了這一弊端，心想他們肯定會羨慕自己的走路方法，於是就一點兒也不跛腳地四處轉悠，用的就是正常人的走法。
Everyone stopped to look at him, and all those who looked, laughed, and holding their sides to repress（抑制） their merriment（ /ˈmerimənt/ 嬉笑）, shouted, “Teach the stranger how to walk properly!”
大家都駐足觀看，他們看啊,笑啊，笑到直不起腰。他們喊著：“快教教這外地人路該怎麼走吧！”
The stranger considered it his duty to cast the reproach （/rɪˈproʊtʃ/ 恥辱）from himself. “You halt（跛子）,” he cried, “It is not I, you must accustom yourselves to leave off so awkward a habit!”
來人覺得有義務為自己洗刷恥辱。“你們這幫跛子，”他喊道，“有問題的不是我，你們還不趕緊習慣習慣，改掉這不美觀的壞毛病？”
This only increased the uproars（ /ˈʌprɔːr/ 騷動）, when they heard him speak; he did not even stammer（口吃）; this was sufficient to disgrace（丟臉） him, and he was laughed at throughout the country.
聽到他說話連個磕都沒打，人們嚷嚷得更兇了。光憑他不結巴這一點，就足夠丟臉了，於是全村上下都笑話他。
在螃蟹眼裡，正常走路的人要多蠢有多蠢。
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