A teacher said to her class:

"Who was the first man?""George Washington," a little boy shouted promptly. "How do you make out that George Washington was the first man?"asked the teacher, smiling indulgently. "Because, " said the little boy, "he was first in war, first in peace,and first in the hearts of his countrymen."But at this point a larger boy held up his hand."Well," said the teacher to him, "who do you think was the first man?""I don't know what his name was," said the larger boy, "but I know it wasn't George Washington, ma'am,because the history book says George Washington married a widow,so, of course, there must have been a man ahead of him."

有个老师问班上的学生：“谁是第一个男人？” “乔治·华盛顿，”一个小男孩当即叫道。 “你怎么知道乔治·华盛顿是第一个男人呢？”老师问道，宽容地微笑着。 小男孩说：“因为他是战时第一，和时第一，国人心中第一。” 这时一个大点儿的男孩举起手来。 “那么，”老师对他说，“你认为谁是第一个男人呢？” “我不知道他的名字，”大点儿的男孩说，“但我知道不是乔治·华盛顿，老师。因为历史书上说，乔治·华盛顿取了一个寡妇，所以在他前面肯定还有一个男人。”