One day a man was taunting1 Alexandre Dumas,the greatFrench novelist,with his ancestry2.
Why, snarled3 the fellow,you are a quadroon;yourfather was a mulatto,and your grandfather was a negro.
Yes, roared Dumas,and,if you wish to know'mygreatgrandfather was a monkey. In fact, my pedigree beganwhere yours terminates.
56.仲马
有一天,一个人在嘲弄法国大小说家亚历山大仲马,讥笑他的祖先。
那家伙厉声说:唔,你是四分之一黑白混血儿,你爸爸是黑白混血儿,而你的祖父是个黑人。
是的,仲马大声回敬:还有呢,假如你想了解的话, 我的曾祖父是一只猴子。其实我的血统起始于你的血统终止的地方。