英语故事:Picasso portrayed the thief
2017-03-13
One day, a thief broke into Picasso's home.
The housekeeper1 caught sight of the thief the moment he ran away. She picked up the pencil and paper to scrabble(乱涂) a portrait of him.
At the same time, Picasso who was sitting at the balcony saw the sneaker(卑鄙者) running, drew a picture of him too. When the police came, they both handed their sketches2 in.
The police caught the thief according to the housekeeper's picture, while lots of persons were taken to the station by mistake in the spirit of the painter's work.
译文:
一天,一个小偷闯进毕加索的家。
在小偷逃离的时候,女管家看到了他。女管家拿起铅笔和纸随手画了一张小偷的肖像。
与此同时,坐在阳台上的毕加索看到这个鬼鬼祟祟逃跑的人,也给他画了一幅画。警察来了,毕加索和女管家都交出他们画的素描。
警察对照女管家画的画儿抓住了小偷,而依照画家所画的人物神态却抓错了许多人。