文档介绍:兴趣英语小故事:I’ve Passed My Right on to You
One day, Wilson was walking quietly along the road when somebody gave him a vi兴趣英语小故事:I’ve Passed My Right on to You
One day, Wilson was walking quietly along the road when somebody gave him a violent blow on the back of the neck. He looked behind him, and saw a young man whom he had never seen before。
“How dare you hit me like that!”shouted Wilson.
The young man said he had mistaken Wilson for a friend of his and that he thought Wilson was making a lot of noise about nothing。(精品文档请下载)
This insult made Wilson even angrier, of course, and he at once arranged for the young man to be brought before a judge. There was nothing for the young man to do but to appear before the court.(精品文档请下载)
Now, the judge who heard the case was a friend of the young man’s father, and, although he pretended to be quite fair, he was thinking how he could avoid punishing the young man while at the same time not appearing unjust。 (精品文档请下载)
 
Finally he said to Wilson,“I understand your feelings in this matter very well。 Would you be satisfied if I let you hit the young man as he hit you?”(精品文档请下载)
Wilson said he would not be。 The young man had insulted him and should be properly punished。(精品文档请下载)
“Well, then,”said the judge to the young man,“I order you to pay ten liras to Wilson."(精品文档请下载)
Ten liras was very little for such a