Two men were traveling along the same road. When one of them, picking up a hatchet¹, cried:

有两个人在同一条路上走，其中一个捡到了一把斧子，于是叫了起来:

"See what I have found!”

“瞧我发现的东西!”

"Do not say I,” said the other, "but we have found.”

“不要说‘我”，另一个人说，“该说‘我们’发现的。”

After a while up came the man who lost it, and accused he was a theft.

过了一会儿，那个丢了斧子的人来了，指责拿着斧子的人偷了他的斧子。

"Alas,” said he to his companion, "we are undone²!”

“哎呀，”他对他的伙伴说，“这回我们完了!”

“Do not say we,” replied the other, "but, I am undone; for he that will not allow his friend to share the prize must not expect him to share the danger.”

“不要说‘我们’，”另一个人回答说，“该说‘我’完了。一个人不能与朋友分享所得，就不该指望与别人分担风险。”