A poor man， presenting himself before the King of Spain，asked his charity， telling him that he was his brother． Theking desiring to know how he claimed kindred to him， the poorfellow replied，“We are all descended from one common fatherand mother—viz．， Adam and Eve．” Upon which the kinggave him a little copper piece of money． The poor man beganto bemoan himself， saying，“Is it possible that your Majestyshould give no more than this to your brother？”“Away，away，”replies the king；“if all the brothers you have in theworld give you as much as I have done， you'll be richer than Iam．”

一個(gè)窮漢去見(jiàn)西班牙國(guó)王，說(shuō)自己是他的兄弟，求他施恩周濟(jì)。國(guó)王想知道他何以攀認(rèn)親戚，窮漢回答說(shuō)，“我們有共同的祖先——亞當(dāng)和夏娃?！甭?tīng)了這話，國(guó)王就給了他一個(gè)小銅子兒。于是窮人開(kāi)始叫屈，說(shuō)：“難道您國(guó)王陛下就給兄弟這么一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)錢嗎？”“走開(kāi)，快走，”國(guó)王回答，“如果世界上你所有的兄弟們都像我這樣給你一個(gè)銅板，你就比我還有錢了。”