An old man who lived in the country had given his two sons very strange names.

　　He named his elder son "Thief", the younger one "Hit".

　　One day "Thief" had just stepped out of the door when something occurred to his father. To call him back, his father shouted behind him, "Thief! Thief!" The officers heard his cry and caught and tied up "Thief". This flustered1 the father, and he was about to ask "Hit". The officers, hearing this, punched2 "Thief" badly. If the father had not come up, the officers could have nearly killed "Thief".

　　一位老人住在鄉(xiāng)下，給自己的兩個兒子各起了一個奇怪的名字。

　　老大叫“盜”,老二叫“毆”。

　　一天，大兒子“盜”出門，老人想起一件事，想把他喊回來。就跟在后面邊追邊喊：“盜！盜！”過路的官吏聽到喊聲，就把“盜”抓住捆了起來。做父親的慌了，急忙叫“毆”去向官吏說明情由，但一時情急，說話轉(zhuǎn)不過彎來，只顧喊“毆！毆！”官吏聽了，掄起拳頭就朝“盜”劈頭蓋臉地打過去，要不是老人趕上來，“盜”差點就死在官吏的手下。