The children played for an hour, and then at half past four their aunt took Dick into the kitchen. She gave him a nice cake and a knife and said to him, "Now here's a knife, Dick. Cut this cake in half and give one of the pieces to your sister, but remember to do it like a gentleman."
"Like a gentleman?" Dick asked. "How do gentlemen do it?"
"They always give the bigger piece to the other person." answered his aunt at once.
"Oh" said Dick. He thought about this for a few seconds. Then he took the cake to his sister and said to her,"Cut this cake in half, Catherine.".
迪克年齡七歲，他的妹妹凱瑟琳五歲。壹天，媽媽把他們帶到姨媽家去玩，自己就到大城市去買些新的衣服。
孩子們玩了個把小時，在四點半的時候，姨媽領著迪克走進了廚房。她交給迪克壹塊精美的蛋糕和壹把刀子，並對他說：“喏，迪克，給妳刀子，把這塊蛋糕壹切為二，給妳妹妹壹塊。不過，妳得記住要做得像壹個紳士那樣。”
迪克問：“像壹個紳士？紳士怎樣做呢？”
他姨媽馬上回答說：“紳士總是把大的壹塊讓給別人的。”
迪克說了壹聲“噢”。他對此想了壹會，然後，他把蛋糕拿給妹妹，並對她說：“凱瑟琳，妳來把這塊蛋糕壹切為二吧。”