Thermos（暖水瓶）

Thermous（暖水瓶）
The host picked up the thermous and poured some hot water into the tea-cup and laced in on the small table in front of his guests，WHO were a father and daughter，And put the lid on the cup with a clink，Apparently thinking of something，He hurried into the inner room，Leaving the thermos on the table，His two guests heard a chest of a drawers opening and a rustling.
They remained sitting in the living room，The 10-year-old daughter， looking at the flowers outside the window，The father was just about to take his cup when the crash came，right there in the living-room，Something was hopelessly broken.
It was the thermos，Which had fallen to the floor，The girl looked over his shoulder at once，Startled，Staring，It was strange，Neither of them had touched it， not even a little bit.
The sound caused the host to rush back from the inner room，He looked at steaming floor and blurted out，“It doesn't matter，It doesn't matter！”
The father started to say something，Then he muttered ，“Sorry， I touched it and it fell.”
“It doesn't matter，” the host said.
Later， when they left the house，The daughter said，“Daddy， I saw your reflection in window-pane，You were sitting perfectly stiⅠl，Why did you say…？”
The father laught，“What then would you give as the cause of its fall？”
“If fell by itself，The floor is uneven，It wasn't steady when Mr.Li put it there.”
“It won't do， girl，It sounds more acceptable when I say I knocked it down，There are things people accept less the more you defend them，The truer your story is，The less TRUE it sounds.”
The daughter was lost in silence for a while，Theh she said，“Can you explain it only this way？”
“Only this way ."the father said.
暖水瓶
主人拿起暖水瓶在茶杯里倒上水，然后把它放在客人面前的小桌上，然后盖上盖。到访的客人是父女俩，明显的看出，是在思考着什么问题，主人匆匆走进了里屋，把热水瓶留在桌子上。两个客人听到拉开抽屉和翻东西的声音。
客人在客厅里坐着，十岁大的女儿看着窗外的花，爸爸刚刚要拿起茶杯，突然客厅里一声巨响，什么东西摔的粉碎。
那是暖水瓶摔到地板上，小女孩立刻回头一看，呆呆的盯着这一切，太奇怪了，他们两个没有人碰它，甚至没有动它一点点。
声音使得主人从里屋冲了出来，他看着冒着水汽的地板，脱口而出，“没关系，没关系！”
爸爸想说些什么，然后结结巴巴的讲，“对不起，我碰了它一下，它就掉了。”
“没关系，”主人讲。
后来当离开房子时，女儿说：“爸爸，我从窗户反射的影像上看到你一点没动。为什么你说…？”
爸爸笑了，“那么对于这事儿又能给出什么原因呢？”
“如果是它自己倒了。但地板是不平的，当李先生放它时，它是不稳的。”
“那是没用的，女儿，如果我说是我碰到的，那听起来更容易被接受的，有些事情你越护着它，人们就越不容易接受它，你的故事越真实，可信度就越小。”
女儿沉默了好一会儿，然后说：“你只有这一种解释吗？”
“只有这样，”父亲答道。