小故事幽默：无礼的问题

　　当您说小孩无礼的时候，你有没有想过自己呢？下面这则小故事幽默，就来让您从另一个方面来看孩子的教育。

　　A little girl from the East Side was invited to a garden party given by a very aristocratic lady to a group of little East-Siders.

　　
The little girl, as she drank her tea and ate her plum-cake on a velvet lawn under a white-blooming cherry tree, said to her hostess:

“Does your husband drink?”

“Why-er-no, not to excess,” was the astonished reply.

“How much does he make?”

“He doesn't work, ” said the lady. “He is a capitalist.”

“You keep out of debt, I hope?”

“Of course, child. What on earth do you mean by all these impudent questions?”

“Impudent?” said the little girl. “Why, Ma'am, Mother told me to be sure and behave like a lady, and when ladies call at our rooms they always question Mother like that.” 本文来自：英语之家

　　小故事幽默的翻译：

　　一个住在城东贫民区的小女孩获得邀请，参加一位贵妇人为城东贫民区的孩子们举行的花园晚会。

　　
在一棵开满了白色小花儿的樱桃树下，小女孩坐在柔软的草地上，一边咀嚼着她的茶跟梅子蛋糕，一边对贵妇人说：“你的丈夫酗酒吗？” “呃，呃，不，他喝得不多。”夫人一脸惊诧。

“他挣多少钱？”

“他没有工作，”夫人回答说，“他是个资本家,。”

“我希望你们没有负债吧？”

“当然不，孩子。你问这么些无礼的问题到底是想说什么呢？”

“无礼？”小女孩说，“怎么会呢，夫人？妈妈要我的举止一定要象夫人们一样，当她们到咱们家做客的时候，她们总是那样问我妈妈的。”

　　这则小故事幽默，在微笑的同时，您认为什么样的教育才是对孩子最好的呢？