父子骑驴

1.The father and the son go to the nearby market to sell a donkey. 父子俩一起赶着驴子，到邻近的市场上去卖。

2.They meet a few women on the way. One of them says， "How foolish they are！ They don't ride the donkey but walk."在路上遇见几个妇女，其中一个说：“这两人真愚蠢，放着驴子不骑，却要走路。”

3.Hearing that， he asks his son to ride the donkey at once but he himself walks. 老人听到此话，立刻叫儿子骑上驴，自己在下面走。

4.Soon， they meet some old men.One says， "Look， the lazy boy is riding the donkey but makes the father walk." 一会儿，又遇到几个老头。其中一个说：“你们看看，那懒惰的孩子骑在驴上，却让年迈的父亲在地上走。”

5.The father asks the boy to come down and he rides the donkey.Then they meet a group of women and children.父亲便叫儿子下来，自己骑了上去。后来，又遇到一群妇女和孩子。

6.Some shout， "The old man is cruel.How can he ride the donkey but make the son run？" 有几个人大喊道：“你这老头心真狠，自己骑在驴上，怎么能让孩子在地上跑呢？”

7.The father asks the son to sit behind him. When they are near the market，a man sees them on the same donkey and asks， "Is the donkey yours？" "Yes." says the father. 老人立刻叫儿子坐在他后面。快到市场时，一个人看见父子俩骑一头驴，便问：“这驴是你们自己的吗？”老人说：“是的。”

8.The man says， "You will make the donkey tired to death. Now that it's yours， why don't you carry it？" The father says， "We'll follow your advice."那人说：“这样不把驴累死呀，既然是自己的驴，为什么不抬着驴走呢？”老人说：“不妨照你的意见试一下。”

9.So they both jump off the donkey.They tie the donkey's legs together and with a stick， carry it on the shoulders and walk on. 于是，他和儿子一起跳下驴子，将驴子的腿捆在一起，用一根木棍将驴子抬上肩向前走。

10.At market bridge， many people come around to see and laugh at the father and the son.经过市场口的桥时，很多人围过来看这种有趣的事，大家都取笑他们父子俩。

11.The noise and what they did make the donkey very unhappy. It struggles out of the rope and the stick and falls into the river. 吵闹声和这种奇怪的摆弄使驴子很不高兴，它用力挣断了绳索和棍子，掉到河里去了。

12.The old man is angry and ashamed. He runs home by a path. 老人又氣愤又羞愧，赶忙从小路逃回家去。

感悟：一个人要有主见，具备判断是非的能力，才不会被别人的意见所左右。不要活在别人的舆论中，要靠自己的脚走路，用自己的脑袋思考。