One day, four lawyers were riding along a country road. There had been a(n)36 , and the ground was soft. The lawyers rode37 , talking and laughing. As they were passing through a38 , they heard some noises in the grass.
“What’s the matter here?” asked one man.
“Oh, it’s only some old robins (知更鸟)!” said another one, “The39has blown them out of the nest. They are too young to40.”
“What a41! They’ll die,” said the third one.
“Well! They’re nothing but42,” said the first lawyer.
The three men looked down and saw the mother robin43to her mates. Then they rode on, talking and laughing as before. In a few minutes they had44the birds. But the fourth lawyer, whose name was Abraham Lincoln,45. He got down from his46and gently took the little ones up. They didn’t seem47 , but chirped (唧唧叫) softly, as if they knew they were safe.
“Never48 , my little fellows,” said Mr. Lincoln. Then he looked up to find the nest from which they had49 . It was much higher than he could reach. But Mr. Lincoln could50 . He put the birds softly, one by one, into their warm home.
In a few minutes, Mr. Lincoln51the others. He had torn his coat on the thorny (多刺的) tree. Then all three of them52heartily. They thought it so53that a strong man should take so much trouble just for some worthless young birds.
“Gentlemen,” said Mr. Lincoln, “I couldn’t have54tonight if I had left those helpless robins to die in the55grass.”
Abraham Lincoln afterwards became President of America.
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