Box Full of Chocolates满盒巧克力

Once upon a time there lived twofriends Richard and George. Both werevery close to one another. One dayRichard saw a delicious chocolate bar ina shop.

He wanted it very much. The verythought of it made his mouth water. Ashe was dreaming about the chocolate，came his close friend George. Richard，that day had a new pencil. George sawthat pencil and liked it very much. Heasked Richard the cost of it.

It was only two dollars， but he lied1that it was of very high quality2 and hadcost him five dollars. George liked thepencil so much that he spent all hissavings3 and paid Richard.George got thepencil and Richardspent that money onthe chocolate bar.

从前，有两个朋友理查德和乔治，两人的关系很好。一天，理查德在商店里看到一块美味的巧克力棒。

他非常想要它。一想到它，他就流口水。当他梦见巧克力棒时，他的好朋友乔治来了。理查德那天得到了一支新铅笔。乔治看到了那支铅笔，非常喜欢它。他问理查德铅笔的价格。

这只铅笔两美元，但他谎称它质量很好，花了他五美元。乔治非常喜欢这支铅笔，于是他花光了自己存的钱，付给了理查德。乔治得到了铅笔，理查德把钱花在了巧克力棒上。

As days passed by4， George begandoing very well in his studies. He attributed5 this to the pencil， which hisdear friend Richard was kind enough tosell. But Richard’s performance6 atschool started falling7. He could not seehis dear friend in the eye.

Every time George spoke of their friendship8， Richard turned his faceaway as this made him remember thepencil. His health too turned bad and hewas forced9 to stay away from schoolmany days.

He soon found that he could nothold back the truth about the pencilfrom George. It was George’s birthday.He bought a gift for George and gave itto him at the party. Richard stayedaround till the last guest had left. Hewent to George and told him the truth.He begged10 him for forgiveness11.

George said that the pencil hadbrought him a lot of luck though he haspaid three dollars more than its price，and asked him not to feel bad about it.Richard was relieved12.

日子一天天过去，乔治开始在学习上取得很好的成绩。他把这归功于亲爱的朋友理查德好心卖给他的铅笔。但是理查德在学校的表现开始下滑。他无法正视他亲爱的朋友了。

每次乔治谈到他们的友谊时，理查德都把脸转开，因为这让他想起了那支铅笔。他的健康也出了问题，被迫旷课多日。

很快他发现自己无法向乔治隐瞒铅笔的真相。那天是乔治的生日，他给乔治买了一份礼物，并在聚会上送给了他。理查德一直逗留到最后一个客人离开。然后他去找乔治，把真相告诉他了，并请求他的原谅。

乔治说那支铅笔给他带来了很多好运，尽管他为此多付了3 美元，并让理查德不要为此而不开心。理查德心里松了一大口气。

He went home with the return giftgiven to him by George. Now he felthow light and happy he was after hisconfession13. He had a good sleep thatnight. He got up early and it seemedlike the old times when he used to lookforward to meeting George.

At the door， he saw the return giftof Richard and opened it. It was a boxfull of chocolates！ The same chocolatefor which he had lied to his dear friend！He tasted one and it was even betternow！ He carried it to school to share14 itwith George and other friends.

There was a big change inRichard from that day. He starteddoing well in studies and he stayedhealthy. And he could be with Georgeas before， a true friend.

他带着乔治送他的回礼回家了。在坦白之后，现在他感到自己非常轻松和愉快。那天晚上他睡得很好。他起得很早，仿佛回到了过去，那时他总是盼望着见到乔治。

在门口，他看到了理查德的回礼并打开了它。那是一满盒的巧克力！和他不惜对亲爱的朋友撒谎也要得到的那块巧克力一样！他尝了一个，现在的味道更好了！他把礼物带到学校与乔治还有其他朋友分享。

从那天起，理查德发生了很大的变化。他开始在学习上表现很好，并保持身体健康。他可以像以前一样和乔治在一起，做真正的朋友。

（英语原文选自：pitara.com）