这是另一只手
When quite young, Webster did not always obey therules at school. One day the teacher caught himbreaking a rule and asked him to come forward to bepunished. In that school, striking the open handwith a ruler was the punishment. Webster's handshappened to be very dirty. On the way to theteacher's desk he hid his hands behind his back.
小韦伯斯特也有不遵守校规校纪的时候。一天，他违反校规被老师逮到。老师叫他到前面去接受惩罚。在那所学校里，惩罚就是用尺子打手掌。碰巧那天，威布斯特的手很脏，于是往讲桌走时，他就把手藏在背后。
"Give me your hand," demanded the teacher.
“伸出手来。”老师说道。
Out went the right hand.
威布斯特伸出了右手。
"Webster, if you will find another hand in the schoolroom as dirty as that, I will let you go."
“韦伯斯特，要是在这个教室里找到另一只这么脏的手，我就不打你了。”
Instantly from Webster's back came the left hand. "Here is another, sir," he replied.
威布斯特马上从背后伸出左手，回答说：“另一只在这儿呢，老师。”
"That will do," said the teacher, laughing. "You may go."
“好吧，你回去吧。”老师笑着说道。
