A teacher had been very annoyed by some of the boys whistling during school hours. At last he knew he would have to punish anyone who repeated the offence(过错).
一位老师对一些男孩在上课期间吹口哨感到非常恼火。最后，他知道他必须惩罚任何再犯此错的人。
The next morning, when the room was quiet, a loud whistle was heard! The students were surprised, and the teacher at once looked around to discover the offender.
第二天早上，当教室安静时，突然听到一声响亮的口哨！学生们很惊讶，老师立刻环顾四周，想找出肇事者。
The blame(指责) fell on a bad boy who was often in trouble, he strongly denied(否认) whistling. However, his words were not believed, for he was not a truthful boy. The teacher brought him up to be punished.
责任落到了一个经常惹麻烦的坏孩子身上，他坚决否认自己吹了口哨。然而，他的话没人相信，因为他不是一个诚实的孩子。老师把他叫起来准备惩罚。
Seeing what was about to happen, a thin little boy, about nine years old, who had been anxiously watching the event, rose from his seat.
看到即将发生的事，一个大约九岁、瘦弱的小男孩——他一直焦虑地注视着事态发展——从座位上站了起来。
“Do not punish John, sir,” he said to the teacher. “It was I who whistled. I was doing a long, hard sum, and when I rubbed out another sum to make room for it, I rubbed out the difficult one by mistake. I spoiled it all, and before I knew what I had done, I had whistled out loud! I am very sorry, I did not mean to whistle, I cannot let John be punished for my fault.” He held out his hand to be punished!
“请不要惩罚约翰，先生，”他对老师说，“是我吹的口哨。我正在做一道又长又难的算术题，当我擦掉另一道题腾出空间时，不小心把那道难题擦掉了。我把一切都搞砸了，还没意识到自己做了什么，我就大声吹起了口哨！我非常抱歉，我不是故意要吹口哨的，我不能让约翰替我受罚。”他伸出手来接受惩罚！
Taking his hand, the teacher said, “Charles, you have done the right thing. You were honest and spoke the truth. I believe that you did not intend to whistle. I cannot punish you, after being so honest.” Charles returned to his seat with a flushed face, and even the youngest child in the school felt proud of him. Every student could see how bravely he had acted.
老师握住他的手说：“查尔斯，你做得对。你很诚实，说了真话。我相信你并非有意吹口哨。既然你这么诚实，我不能惩罚你。”查尔斯红着脸回到座位，连学校里最小的孩子都为他感到骄傲。每个学生都能看到他是多么勇敢地行动。
Charles was truly a brave boy. He had done that which he knew to be right, even though at the same time he might have been punished for it.
查尔斯确实是个勇敢的孩子。他做了他认为正确的事，即使同时可能因此受到惩罚。
True courage may also be shown by refusing to do that which we know is wrong, though we may get in trouble or other children may laugh at us.
真正的勇气也可以体现在拒绝做我们明知是错误的事情上，尽管我们可能会陷入麻烦，或其他孩子会嘲笑我们。
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