Too Dear for the Whistle 得不偿失

When I was a child of seven years old,my friends,on a holiday ,filled my pocket with coppers.I went at once to a shop where they sold toys for children.Being charmed with the sound of a whistle that I had seen by the way,in the hands of another boy,I handed over all my money for one.

当我还是一个七岁的孩子的时候，有一次过节，朋友们往我的衣袋里塞满了铜币。我立刻向一家卖儿童玩具的店铺跑去。半路上，我却被另一个男孩手中的哨子声吸引住了，于是就主动要求用我所有的铜币换了他的哨子。

I then came home,went whistling all over house,much pleased with my whistle,but disturbing all my family.My brother and sister and cousins ,when I told of the bargain I had made,said I had given four times as much as the whistle was worth.

然后我回到家里，吹着哨子满屋子转，非常得意，却打扰了全家人。我的哥哥、姐姐和表姐们知道了我所做的这笔交易，便告诉我，为了这个哨子我付出了比它原价高四倍的钱。

They put me in mind of what good things I might have bought with the rest of the money, and laughed at me so much for my folly that I cried with vacation.think about the matter gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure.

他们还使我懂得，用那些多付的钱可以买到多少好东西啊。大伙儿都笑我傻，竟使我懊恼地哭了。回想这件事给我带来的悔恨远远超过了那只哨子所给我的快乐。

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