讲述同一故事的两种方式-4

  In his alarm he dropped his reins, and his horse began to run away. In the midst of the old man’s trouble, there rushed by him, with loud shouts, a large party of boys,in a sleigh drawn by six horses. ‘Turn out! Turn out, old fellow!’ ‘Give us the road!’ ‘What will you take for your pony?’ ‘What’s the price of oats, old man?’ were the various cries that met his cars.
  “‘Pray, don’t frighten my horse!’exclaimed the infirm driver. ‘Turn out, then! Turn out!’ was the answer, which was followed by repeated cracks and blows from the long whip of the ‘grand sleigh,’ with showers of snowballs, and three tremendous hurrahs from the boys.
  “The terror of the old man and his horse was increased, and the latter ran away with him, to the great danger of his life. He contrived, however, to stop his horse just in season to prevent his being dashed against a loaded wagon. A short distance brought him to the house of his son. That son, boys, is your instructor, and that ‘old fellow,’ was your teacher’s father!”
  When the boys perceived how rude and unkind their conduct appeared from another point of view, they were very much ashamed of their thoughtlessness, and most of them had the manliness to apologized to their teacher for what they had done.