John: An Awful King

约翰：一名糟糕的国王

WHEN John came to the throne he lost his temper and flung himself on the floor, foaming at the mouth and biting the rushes. He was thus a Bad King. Indeed, he had begun badly as a Bad Prince, having attempted to answer the Irish Question by pulling the beards of the aged Irish chiefs, which was a Bad Thing and the wrong answer.

当约翰登基的时候，他无法控制自己的情绪，并摔在了地上，口吐白沫，吃了一嘴的灰。所以，他是一名糟糕的国王。实际上，当他还在当王子的时候，就表现德不好了。他曾经用扯一位年长的爱尔兰显贵的方式，来回答爱尔兰问题¹，这当然是一件坏事，也是一个差劲的答案。

Prince Arthur – A Tragedy in Little

亚瑟王子——一个小悲剧

John had a little nephew called Little Arthur, who was writing a little History of England in quite a small dungeon, and whose little blue eyes John had ordered to be put out with some weeny red-hot irons. The gaoler Hubert, however, who was a Good Man, wept so much that he put out the red-hot irons instead. John was therefore compelled to do the little deed himself with a large, smallish knife, thus becoming the first memorable wicked uncle.

约翰有一个小侄子，名叫小亚瑟。他在一个小地牢里，撰写英格兰小史。约翰命人将亚瑟的小蓝眼睛，用一根烧红的小铁条挖出来。然而，狱卒休伯特是个好人，他哭个不停，没有执行任务。于是，约翰不得用一把大的小刀子，亲自完成这个小命令，从而成为历史上第一邪恶的叔叔。