Mark¹ Twain once went to borrow² a certain³ book from a neighbour⁴ in Tarry town.

"May I borrow a book from you?" he asked politely⁵.

"Yes, you're more than welcome to it," the neighbour told him.

"But I must ask you to read it here. You know I make a rule never to let any book go out of my library."

Some days later⁶ the neighbour wished to borrow Twain's machine⁷ for cutting grass in the garden.

"Why, certainly," Twain told him, "You're more than welcome to it. But I must ask you to use it here. You know that I make it a rule never to let it go out of my garden."

在特里镇，马克.吐温有一次去一位邻居那儿借本书。

“我可以向您借本书吗？”他礼貌地问道。

“当然，非常乐意，”邻居告诉他，“但我要求你在这儿读。你知道我有一条规定，那就是决不让一本书拿出我的图书室。 ”

几天后，这位邻人想从吐温那儿借台割草机。

 “噢，当然，”吐温告诉他，“非常乐意借给你。但我要你在这儿用。你知道我从来不允许它拿出我的花园。”