Envy.
嫉妒
Wednesday, 25th.
星期三，25日。
The boy who wrote the best composition of all on our country was Derossi, as usual. And Votini, who thought himself sure of the first medal--I like Votini well enough, although he is rather vain and does polish himself up a trifle too much,--but it makes me scorn him, now that I am his neighbor on the bench, to see how envious he is of Derossi. He would like to vie with him; he studies hard, but he cannot do it by any possibility, for the other is ten times as strong as he is on every point; and Votini rails at him. Carlo Nobis envies him also; but he has so much pride in his body that, purely from pride, he does not allow it to be perceived. Votini, on the other hand, betrays himself: he complains of his difficulties at home, and says that the master is unjust to him; and when Derossi replies so promptly and so well to questions, as he always does, his face clouds over, he hangs his head, pretends not to hear, or tries to laugh, but he laughs awkwardly. And thus every one knows about it, so that when the master praises Derossi they all turn to look at Votini, who chews his venom, and the little mason makes a hare's face at him. Today, for instance, he was put to the torture. The headmaster entered the school and announced the result of the examination,--"Derossi ten tenths and the first medal."
以爱国为题的作文，第一仍是代洛西。华梯尼自信必得一等奖——华梯尼虽有虚荣心，喜阔绰，我却欢喜他，但一见到他嫉妒代洛西，就觉可厌。他想和代洛西对抗，拼命地用功，可是究竟敌不过代洛西，无论哪一件，代洛西都要胜他十倍。华梯尼不服，总嘲弄代洛西。卡罗·诺昆斯也嫉妒代洛西，却藏在心里，华梯尼则竟表现在脸上。听说他在家里曾说先生不公平。每次代洛西很快地把先生的问话做出圆满的回答的时候，他总板着脸，垂着头，装着不听见，还故意笑。他笑的样子很不好，所以大家都知道。只要先生一称赞代洛西，大家就对华梯尼看，华梯尼必定在那里苦笑。“小石匠”常在这种时候装兔脸给他看。今天，华梯尼很难为情。校长先生到教室里来报告成绩：“代洛西一百分，一等奖。”

Votini gave a huge sneeze. The master looked at him: it was not hard to understand the matter. "Votini," he said, "do not let the serpent of envy enter your body; it is a serpent which gnaws at the brain and corrupts the heart."
正说时，华梯尼打了一个喷嚏。校长先生见了他那神情就猜到了：“华梯尼！不要饲着嫉妒的蛇！这蛇是要吃你的头脑，坏你的心胸的。”