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I told him that if he would not return to his proper work he would have to be shot. But there was a queer light in his eyes that day, and really I think he hardly heard me. He would only say, 'I have done it, have done it.'
我告诉他如果再不回去做正事的话，我们就枪毙他。但那天他的眼睛里闪烁着奇怪的光芒，我确信他根本没有听我讲话。他只是喃喃地说：‘我已经成功做到了，做到了。’”
'Done what?' I asked him, the stranger continued.
“‘做到了什么？'我问他。”陌生人继续说道。
'The most wonderful invention,' he said, 'the most wonderful invention ever achieved by man.'
“‘最伟大的发明’他说道，‘人类有史以来最伟大的发明。’”
'You will be shot,' I repeated, 'if you don't get on with your work.'
“‘你将被枪毙，’我又说了一遍，‘如果你不继续你的工作的话。’”
'This is more wonderful,' he said.
“‘这个更棒，’他说。”
'Well, show it to me,' I demanded. He took me out to his lawn. And there he pointed. I saw only a square yard of grass, marked off with a strip of white tape. 'What is it?' I asked.
“‘好吧，把你的发明给我看看，’我要求道。他把我带到他的草坪上，用手指了指。我看到的只是一块草地，被一条白色的卷尺划分开。‘你的发明呢？’我问道。”
He took up his tape and marked off a smaller area, one of only a few inches. 'Do you see anything wonderful there?' he asked. 'Look close.'
“他用卷尺划分出一块更小的只有几英寸的面积。‘你看到什么奇妙的东西了吗？’他问我，‘仔细看。’”
And I looked close and said, 'No.'
“然后我就仔细看了看，‘什么也没看到。’”
That is what is wonderful,' he said. 'You see no blade different from the rest?'
“‘这就是奇妙之所在，’他说，‘你没看见哪片草叶跟其他的不同吗？’”
'No,' I said again.
“‘没有看到，’我又说了一遍。”
'Then you have seen the most wonderful invention of all that man has made,' he replied with a wild look in his eyes. 'For one of those blades of grass I made myself.'
“‘那么你已经看到了人类最伟大的发明，’他激动地说。‘因为其中一片草是我自己做的。’”
