有这样一个镇子,做什么事都被禁止了。现在,因为唯一未被禁止的就是尖脚猫游戏,所以镇上的臣民就经常聚在镇后边的草坪上,成天地玩尖脚猫游戏。因为禁令被制订的时候总有恰当的原因,所以没有任何人觉得有理由抱怨,也没人觉得受不了。几年过去了。有一天,官员们觉得再没有任何理由禁止臣民做这些事了,他们就派来传令官四处通知人们一切都开禁了。传令官来到老百姓喜欢聚集的那些地方。“听好了,听好了,”他们宣布,“所 In such a town, everything is forbidden. Now, because the only game that has not been banned is stilt-pusher games, the town’s subjects often gather on the grass behind the town and play stilt-pusher games all day long. Because there are always proper reasons for the ban to be established, no one feels any reason to complain, and nobody feels that they can’t stand it. A few years have passed. One day, the officials felt that there was no reason to prohibit the subjects from doing these things. They sent a messenger to inform people that everything had been opened. The commander came to those places where the people like to gather. ”Listen well, listen well,“ they announced, ”