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When the big man saw Don Quixote with his lance raised, he was very afraid. H
e answered in a weak voice: "Sir knight, this boy is my servant who looks after my sheep. He is so lazy and careless that every day one of the sheep is lost. When I punish him,he says that it is because I do not pay hi
m. However, that is quite untrue."

Don Quixote's Mistake

"Untrue, you say?" cried Don Quixote. "Untie the boy at o
nce, and pay him his money, or I will strike this lance through your body!"

The farmer obeyed, and Don Quixote asked the boy how much money his master ought to pay him. "Seven reals a month for nine m
onths," he answered.

"That is sixty-three reals," said Don Quixote. "Pay him immediately, if you do not want to die."

The man said he had not got so much money with
him. But he agreed to go home and pay the boy there.

"I cannot go to his home!" cried the boy in fear. "As soon as he is alone with me, he will cut every inch of skin off my body."
那个大块头男人看到唐吉诃德举起长矛,非常害怕。 他以软弱的声音回答说:「武士老爷,这个男孩是看管我羊群的仆人。 他太懒惰,又粗心,每天都会丢失一只羊。 当我处罚他的时候,他就说这是因为我没付工钱给他。 不过,那根本不是实话。」
唐吉诃德犯的错误。

「你说的不是实话吧?」唐吉诃德叫道。 「马上解开这个男孩,并且把他的钱付给他,不然我就用这支长矛把你穿个洞!」
那个农夫赶紧照吩咐做了,唐吉诃德问男孩他主人该付他多少钱。 「每个月七个小银币,要付九个月。」他回答说。
「那就是六十三个小银币了,」唐吉诃德说。 「马上就付给他,如果你不想死的话。」
那个男人说他身边没带这么多钱。 但是他同意回家去,在家里付钱给那个男孩。
「我不要去他家!」那个男孩惊恐地叫道。 「他一单独和我在一起,就会把我身上每块皮都割下来了。」



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