编者按：《他是小偷》是一篇英文小故事带翻译，讲述的是华盛顿小时候指出偷邻居的钱的事情，反映了华盛顿从小时候就聪明的事情。

　　Washington was the first president of the U.S. He was very clever even when he was still a 12-year-old-boy.

　　Once a thief stole some money from Uncle Post, Washington's neighbor. The door of the house was not broken, and things in the room were in good order. Washington concluded that the thief must have been committed by one of the villagers.

　　That evening at the villagers' meeting the said, "We don't know who stole the money but God does. God sends his wasp to tell good from evil. Every night the wasp flies among us but few people notice it…" Then, all of a sudden Washington waved his hand and cried out, "Look! The wasp has landed on the thief's hat. It is going to sting!"

　　The crowd burst into an uproar. Everybody turned to look for the thief. But soon the noise died down. All eyes were fixed on a man who was trying hard to drive the "Wasp" off his hat.

　　"Now we know who stole the money," Washington said with a smile.

　　华盛顿是美国第一任总统，他小时候非常聪明，在他十四岁的时候发生了这样一件事。

　　有个小偷偷了邻居波斯特叔叔的钱，房间的门没有被弄坏，里面的东西也摆放得整齐。小华盛顿推测那个贼一定是附近的村民。

　　这天晚上召开了全体村民大会，小华盛顿说：“我们不知道是谁偷了钱，但是上帝知道。上帝派来了黄蜂帮我们抓贼，每天晚上黄蜂都会在我们身边飞来飞去，但是没有人能看到它。”然后，小华盛顿突然挥舞双手喊到：“快看!黄蜂落到了那个贼的帽子上，准备叮他了!”

　　人群中一阵骚动，所有人都在找谁是那个贼，过了一会儿喧闹声平息，只见一个人在拼命地赶帽子上的“黄蜂”。

　　“现在我们知道谁是那个贼了!”小华盛顿笑着说。

　　wasp[wɑsp]：黄蜂

　　sting[stɪŋ]：刺痛

　　uproar['ʌprɔr]：骚动，喧嚣

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