It is a true¹ story. Once upon² a time, one of Alex's horses was stolen³ by his neighbor⁴. Alex went to the neighbor's home with a policeman to get his horse back. But the neighbor refused to give the horse back. He said⁵ that it was his horse.

Suddenly⁶ Alex had⁷ a good idea. He put both of his hands over the eyes of the horse and said to the neighbor,” If this is your horse, then you must tell us in which eye the horse is blind⁸.” “In the left,” said the neighbor. Alex took⁹ his hand from the left eye of the horse and showed the policeman that the horse was not blind in the left eye.

“Oh, I have made¹⁰ a mistake,” said the neighbor. ”He is blind in the right eye.” Alex then showed that the horse was not blind in the right eye, either¹¹.

“I have made another mistake,” said the neighbor.

“Yes,” said the policeman, ”and you have also proved¹² that the horse isn't yours. You must give it back to Mr. Alex.”

文章大意：亚历克斯的一匹马被邻居偷走了。亚历克斯带着一个警察到邻居家去要回他的马。但是邻居拒绝把马还给他。他说那是他的马.亚历克斯突然有了一个好主意，他把两手放在马的眼睛上，对邻居说：“如果这是你的马,你必须告诉我们,马的哪个眼睛是瞎的。”“左眼，”邻居说。亚历克斯从马的左眼拿开他的手，马的左眼不瞎。“哦,我弄错了”，邻居说，“他的右眼瞎了”。亚历克斯接着证明马也不是右眼瞎的。邻居说“我又犯了另外一个错误。”警察说：“是的，你已经证明了这匹马不是你的，你必须将它还给亚历克斯。”