午夜鸡叫

2015年7月18日

肖伟才

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理由：

本文讲述了地主半夜仿鸡叫使公鸡共鸣，从而逼迫长工们劳动，后来长工们合计以捉贼为名暴打地主，从而打破地主奸计的故事。

When Gao Yubao was a child, he worked for a landlord. The landlord was very sly and greedy. He made the farmhands work very hard, and gave them little to eat. So they hated him.

This landlord had a cock. The cock had a strange habit. It did not crow at drawn but at midn ight. Every time it began to crow, the landlord would shout,” Get up, you lazybones! Get up and go to work!” So the farmhands had a deep hatred for both the landlord and his cock.

Once, at midnight, Gao Y ubao saw the landlord sneak into the courtyard. There the man began to crow, just like a cock. On hearing the landlord’s crowing, the cock began to crow as well. It was his trick!

When Gao Yubao told other farmhands what he had seen, they were very angry and decided to teach the landlord a lesson.

The next night, as soon as the landlord sneaked into the courtyard, Gao Yubao cried out,” Stop thief! Stop thief!” immediately all the farmhands ran out. They knocked the “thief” down and gave him a good beating.

Then the bad landlord was begging, “Stop beating. Stop beating. It’s me.” “Oh, how could it be?” the farmhands asked in great surprise, “We thought it was the dammed thief.”

From then on, the cock no longer crowed at midnight.