An old man finding himself ill sent for a physician, who prescribed for him and went away. 

有位老人发现自己生病了，便派人去请来一名内科医生，内科医生为他开了个处方，就走了。

 

Then the old Man sent for another physician, saying nothing of the first, and an entirely¹ different treatment was ordered.

接着，这位老人又派人去请来另一名内科医生，他没有提及第一位医生，这次得到了完全不同的诊治。

 

This continued for some weeks, the physicians visiting him on alternate days and treating him for two different disorders², with constantly enlarging doses of medicine and more and more rigorous nursing.  But one day they accidently met at his bedside while he slept, and a violent quarrel ensued when the truth coming out.

两个医生在不同的日子里轮流上门行医，按两种不同的病症医治，不断加大药量，英语小故事护理也越来越严格，这样一直连续了好几个星期。可是，有一天，老人睡着时，两个医生意外地在他的病榻前相遇了，真相暴露了，引发了一场激励的争吵。

 

"My good friends," said the patient, awakened³ by the noise of the dispute, and apprehending⁴ the cause of it, "pray be more reasonable.  If I could for weeks endure you both, can you not for a little while endure each other?  I have been well for ten days, but have remained in bed in the hope of gaining by repose⁵ the strength that would justify⁶ me in taking your medicines.  So far I have touched none of it."

“亲爱的朋友，”病人被他们的吵闹声惊醒，了解了事情的缘由后，“请你们理智一些。如果我都能容忍你们几个星期，你们就不能彼此容忍一会儿吗？我的病已经好了十几天了，我仍躺在床上，是希望经过卧床休息，能够恢复体力，以此来证明我吃对了你们的药，不过，我至今没有碰过那些药呢！”

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