珍貴的蘿卜
A Precious Turnip
Before Louis the Eleventh became king, he used to visit a peasant whose garden produced excellent fruit. After his accession, the peasant brought him as a present a very large turnip which had grown in his garden. The king, remembering the pleasant hours that he had spent under the old man's roof, gave him a thousand crowns.
The lord of the village, hearing of this, thought that if one who gave a paltry turnip received so large a reward, one who gave a really valuable present would receive a still larger reward, He, therefore, offered a splendid house. The king accepted it and calling for the big turnip. said, “This cost me a thousand crowns; I give it to you in return for your horse.”
珍貴的蘿卜
在路易十一世還沒做皇帝之前，他常去拜訪一位農夫，那農夫有個花園，園里種著很多優質水果。當他既位后，那農夫送給他一個在自己園里種出來的大蘿卜作為禮物。皇帝回憶起以前消磨在這位老人家中的快樂時光，賞了老人一千個金幣。
一位鄉紳聽說了這件事，他想：送一些沒價值的蘿卜給皇帝，便可以獲'得大量的賞賜，要是有人送一些真正有價值的禮物給皇帝，那么，得到的賞賜不是會更多嗎？于是他便獻給皇帝一匹名種馬，皇帝接受了他的禮物，并叫人拿出大蘿卜，對鄉紳說：“這個大蘿卜是用一千個金幣換來的，就把它送給你，作為對你的名種馬的回敬。：”
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