财富与战利品

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Tom's answer made Ben see things in a new way. 汤姆的回答让本对事情有了新的看法。

Ben stopped eating his apple. 本停止吃他的苹果。

Tom swept his brush gently back and forth. 汤姆轻轻地来回刷着他的刷子。

Then he stepped back to look at the effect, like a real artist. 然后他退后一步，像个真正的艺术家一样审视效果。

Ben watched more and more interested. 本看得越来越入迷。

At last he said, Say Tom, let me paint a little. 最后他说：“汤姆，让我画一点吧。”

Tom thought about it. 汤姆考虑了一下。

He pretended to be unsure. 他假装犹豫不决。

He said Ann Polly was very fussy about this fence, especially the part by the street. 他说波莉姨妈对这道篱笆非常挑剔，尤其是靠街的那部分。

Maybe only one boy in a thousand could do it right, he said. 他说，也许一千个男孩中只有一个能把它做好。

Ben begged. Oh, come on, let me just try. 本恳求道：“哦，拜托，就让我试试吧。”

Only a little. 就一点点。

He even offered Tom the core of his apple, and then the whole apple. 他甚至把苹果核给了汤姆，然后是整个苹果。

Tom handed over the brush. 汤姆把刷子递了过去。

His face looked sad, but his heart was full of joy. 他脸上看起来很悲伤，但心里却充满了喜悦。

While Ben worked and sweated in the sun, Tom sat in the shade on a barrel. 当本在阳光下辛苦劳作时，汤姆坐在桶上，在阴凉处。

He ate the apple and planned how to trick more boys. 他吃着苹果，盘算着如何再骗更多的男孩。

He did not have to wait long. 他不必等太久。

Boys came by all the time. 男孩们一直不断地过来。

They came to laugh, but they stayed to paint. 他们是来嘲笑的，但却留下来画画了。

By afternoon, Tom was rich. 到了下午，汤姆就发财了。

He had twelve marbles, 他有十二颗弹珠，

part of a harp, 一部分竖琴，

a piece of blue glass, 一块蓝色玻璃，

a tin soldier, and a one-eyed kitten. 一个锡兵，和一只独眼小猫。

He had rested all day, and the fence had three coats of paint. 他休息了一整天，而篱笆已经刷了三层漆。

Tom had learned an important truth. 汤姆学到了一个重要的道理。

To make someone want a thing, you only have to make it hard to get. 要想让某人渴望某物，你只需要让它变得难以得到。