被俘的号兵
类别：寓言
号兵被俘后辩称自己从未伤人，敌军将领却指出吹号煽动战斗者责任更大。
时长 48 秒 · 语速 174 wpm
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During a battle, a young trumpeter got too close to the enemy, 在一场战斗中，有个年轻的号手离敌人太近了，
and he was captured. 结果被俘虏了。
The soldiers were about to kill him when he begged for his life. 士兵们正要杀他时，他拼命求饶。
"Please, wait! “求求你们，等等！
I'm not a fighter. 我根本不上阵打仗。
I've never hurt anyone. 我从来没伤害过任何人。
Look, I don't even carry a sword. 你们看，我身上连把剑都没有。
All I have is this trumpet. 我有的就只有这把号角。
Why would you kill a harmless musician?" 为什么要杀一个毫无威胁的乐手呢？”
The enemy captain shook his head. 敌军首领摇了摇头。
"That's exactly why," he said. “正因如此，”他说，
"You don't fight, it's true. “你确实不打仗，这没错。
But every time you blow that trumpet, 但只要你吹响那把号角，
hundreds of men pick up their weapons and attack us. 成百上千的人就会拿起武器来攻击我们。
Without you, they would stay in their tents. 要不是你，他们还会老老实实待在营帐里呢。
You may have clean hands, 你的手上虽然没沾血，
but you're more dangerous than any single soldier." 但你可比任何一个单独的士兵都要危险得多。”
People who push others into a fight are just as responsible, 那些煽动别人去打仗的人，
in the end, as the ones who do the fighting. 说到底跟真正动手的人责任是一样大的。
Words can be weapons too. 言语同样可以成为武器。
所属专辑：伊索寓言 · 提高篇（Aesop's Fables）