东方朔救乳母

葛洪

       汉武帝乳母尝于外犯事，帝欲申宪^①，乳母求救东方朔。朔曰：“帝忍而愎^②，旁人言之，益死之速耳。汝临去，慎勿言，但屡顾帝，我当设奇以激之。”乳母如其言。朔在帝侧曰：“汝宜速去！帝已壮矣，岂念汝乳哺时恩邪？尚何还顾！”帝虽才雄心忍，亦深有情恋，乃凄然愍^③之，即敕免罪。

（选自《西京杂记》，略有改动）

      【注释】①申宪：依法惩处。申，按照。宪，法律。 ②愎bì：固执任性。③愍mǐn：哀怜。

    Tom always can't sleep well at night. But he was never late for work. He went to see his doctor on Sunday afternoon. He took the subway to get there. He met his boss on the subway and they talked for a while.

    Tom got some sleeping pills from the doctor. That night Tom took the pills. He had a nice sleep. He went to work happily on foot in the morning. Getting into the office, he said to his boss “I had a nice sleep and got up happily this morning.” “That's fine,” shouted the boss, “but where were you on Monday?”