The Crab and His Son | 螃蟹与他的儿子

English Original

A logical crab said to his son, "Why do you not walk straight forward? Your sidelong gait is singularly ungraceful."

"Why don't you walk straight forward yourself?" said the son.

"Erring youth," replied the logical crab, "you are introducing new and irrelevant matter."


中文翻译

一只讲逻辑的螃蟹对他的儿子说:“你为什么不直着往前走?你横着走的姿态非常不雅观。”

“你自己为什么不直着往前走呢?”儿子说。

“犯错的年轻人,”讲逻辑的螃蟹回答道,“你这是在引入新的、不相干的话题。”

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