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一则非洲民间故事 An African Folktale The story is told of an African king and his 话说有一位非洲国王，他有一位亲 close friend, who had grown up together. The 近的好友，两人从小一起长大。国 king‟s friend had a habit of looking at every 王的这位朋友对任何事，态度都很 situation positively and remarking, “This is 积极，总是说：“这很好！” good!” One day the king went on a hunting 有一天，国王去打猎，他让这位朋 expedition, and he gave his friend the job of 友帮他装弹递枪。显然，这位朋友 loading his guns and handing them to him. 在某个环节上犯了错误，结果猎枪 Apparently the friend did something wrong 走火，把国王的拇指崩掉了。 at some point, because one gun misfired and “这很好！” blew the king‟s thumb 国王的朋友 off. 像往常一样 那么说。 “This is good!” the king‟s friend remarked “不，这并 as usual. 不好！”国 王回 答，并 “No, this is not good!” 把他的朋友 the king replied, and he 关进了监狱。 sent his friend to jail. About a year later, the king was hunting in 一年后，国王又去打猎，但这次是 an area that he shouldn‟t have ventured into. 在一个他不该去的地方。他被食人 Cannibals captured him and took him to their 族捉住，带回村子里去。他们捆住 village. They tied his hands, bound him to a 他的双手，把他绑在空地中间的一 stake in the ground, and 根柱子上，并 stacked firewood around 在他的脚边堆 his feet. However, just as 上干柴。然而 They were about to set fire 就在他 们要点 to the wood, they noticed 火时，他们发 that the king was missing 现国王少了一 a thumb. The cannibals