Onceuponatime,amanpassingbyarivernoticedthatagrown-upmanwasgoingtothrowachildhecarriedinhisarmsintotheriver.
从前，有个人路过江边时，发现一个成年男子抱着一个小孩，准备把他投到江里去。
Atthismoment,thechildwasfrightened,cryingloudlyandshoutinginconfusion.
这时候，小孩害怕了，吓得“哇哇”地乱哭乱叫。
Thepasser-byasked:
那个过路人就问:
"Whyareyoutothrowthechildintotheriver?Aren'tyouafraidhewouldbedrowned?"
“你为什么要把孩子投到江里去?难道不怕他淹死吗?”那个男一子回答说:
Themananswered:"Itdoesn'tmatter.Hisfatherisgoodatswimming."
“不要紧，他爸爸是个游泳能手。”
Thepasser-bythenasked:
那个过路人就说:
"Hisfathercanswim,butdoesitfollowthatthesoncanalsoswimwithoutpractice?"
“爸爸会游泳，难道他儿子不经过练习，也会游泳吗?”
