真正的懒惰

Real Laziness

A young farmer who went to look after his father's men in the time of hay-harvest, found some of the mowers asleep, when they should have been at work.
"How is this?"cried the young man, "Why, you are so lazy, that I would give 20 dollars to know which of you is the laziest man".
"I am he!"cried the one nearest to him, still stretching himself.
"Here then."said the young man, holding out the money to him.
However the lazy workman did not take it, but folded his arms and said: "please, Master George, be so good as to put it into my pocket for me!" .
一个年轻的农场主在干草收割期间前去照看父亲的雇工,发现一些割草的雇工在干活时睡大觉.
年轻人嚷道:"这是怎么搞的?你们太懒惰了,我真想拿出20美元来了解一下你们中间谁是最大的懒汉."靠近他身旁的一个人叫起来:"这人就是我!"说完仍然躺着一动也不动.年轻人说:"钱就在这里."并把钱递给他.可是懒汉并没拿钱,却把两只臂膀交叉起来说道:"乔治先生,请您行个好,把钱放到我的口袋里去."