双语故事 玻璃瓶中的妖怪(9)

　　"Don't get angry," said the son, "I will pay for the ax."

　　"Oh, you blockhead," cried the father, "How will you pay for it? You have nothing but what I give you. You have students' tricks stuck in your head, but you don't know anything about chopping wood."

　　After a little while the student said, "Father, I can't work any longer after all. Let's quit for the day."

　　"Now then," he answered, "do you think I can stand around with my hands in my pockets like you? I have to go on working, but you may head for home."

　　"Father, I am here in these woods for the first time. I don't know my way alone. Please go with me."

　　His anger had now subsided, so the father at last let himself be talked into going home with him.

　　There he said to the son, "Go and sell the damaged ax and see what you can get for it. I will have to earn the difference, in order to pay the neighbor."