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| 40. The Boasting Traveller A Man who had travelled in foreign land s, boasted very much, on returning to his own country, of the many wonderful and heroic things he had done in the different places he had visited. Among other things, he said that when he was at Rhodes he had leaped to such a distance t hat no man of his day could leap anywhere near him and as to that, there were in Rhodes many persons who saw him do it, and whom he could call as witnesses. One of the bystanders interrupting him, said, "Now, my good man, if this be all true there is no need of witnesses. Suppose this to be Rhodes; and now for your leap." | 40. 夸口的旅人 一个曾经游历外国的人，回到祖国时，夸大自己所到之处，做了许多奇特的英勇事迹。 在众多事情中的一件，便是他在罗兹这个地方的时候，曾经跳得很远，当时在场的人，谁也比不上。又说这件事情，罗兹当地的人有不少人亲眼目睹，不妨叫他们来做见证。 一个旁人插嘴说：「那么，我的好汉，如果这是真实话，不必要什么见证。 且把这里当作罗兹那地方，你来跳跳看。」 |
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