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| 237. The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner A Trumpeter, bravely leading on the soldiers, was captured by the enemy. He cried out to his captors, "Pray spare me, and do not take my life without cause or without inquiry. I have not slain a single man of your troop. I have no arms, and carry nothing but this one brass trumpet." "That is the very reason for which you should be put to death," they said; "for, while you do not fight yourself, your trumpet stirs up all the others to battle." | 237. 被俘虏的喇叭手 一位喇叭手，勇敢地带着军队前进时，却被敌人所俘虏。 他向捉他的人叫道：「请饶了我吧，不要无端地，或是没有理由就要我的命啊。 我没有杀死过你们军队里的任何一个人。 我又没有兵器，只带这一支铜喇叭呀！」 他们回答说：「这就是我们要杀你的原因啊！因为，你自己虽然不打仗，可是你用喇叭来激励其余的人来攻打我们呢。」 |
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