Sleeping Beauty，Tom Thumb and Don Juan were having a terrible fight.
“I am the most beautiful person in the world.”Sleeping Beauty proclaimed.
“No，you're not.”Don Juan and Tom Thumb answered.
“I am the smallest person in the world.”Tom Thumb shouted.
“No，you're not.”Sleeping Beauty and Don Juan said.
“I've had more lovers than any person in the world.”Don Juan announced.
“No，you haven't.”Tom Thumb and Sleeping Beauty replied.
Well，they decided that if the three were to get along，they needed a mediator，and decided that Merlin，clearly the smartest person in the world，would be ideal.Merlin agreed and summoned all of them to his palace，where he announced he would meet them one at a time.Sleeping Beauty went first and a minute later came out beaming：
“I am the most beautiful person in the world，Merlin says so.”
In went Tom Thumb and out he came as quickly as had Sleeping Beauty：
“I am the smallest person in the world，Merlin agrees.”
In goes Don Juan and in he stays，a half hour，an hour，one hour and a half later.Finally，he emerges distraught，muttering，“Who the hell is Bill Clinton？”
睡美人，大拇指汤姆和唐·璜激烈地争吵。睡美人说：“我是世界上最漂亮的人。”
“不，你才不是呢。”唐璜和大拇指汤姆说。
“我是世界上最小的人！”大拇指汤姆喊道。
“不，你才不是呢。”睡美人和唐璜说。
“我是世界上情人最多的人！”
“不，你才不是呢。”大拇指汤姆和睡美人说。
终于他们三个明白了，要想继续相处下去，必须找一个人调停。于是他们找到了世界上最聪明的人，默林。默林同意帮他们调停，把他们召集到自己的宫殿来，让他们一个一个地与自己会面。
首先进去的是睡美人，一分钟之后，她欢呼着出来，叫道：“默林说了，我就是世界上最漂亮的人！”
第二个进去的是大拇指汤姆，也是一分钟之后，他同样欢呼着出来，叫道：“默林说了，我就是世界上最小的人！”
最后一个进去的是唐璜，时间过去了半小时，一小时，终于，三个小时之后，他发疯似地出来了，嘟囔道：“谁是******比尔·克林顿啊？”
1.Sleeping Beauty 睡美人
2.Tom Thumb 大拇指汤姆（英国童话中的侏儒）
3.Don Juan 唐璜（西班牙传说中的风流贵族）
4.terrible adj.可怕的，很糟的，令人讨厌的
5.mediator n.调停者，调解者
E.g.Why was it requisite that the Mediator should be God and man in one person？
为什麽这位中保必须同时是神又是人，且在一个位格之中？
6.ideal adj.理想的，完美的
7.summon v.召唤，召集，鼓起，振作
E.g.He summoned his subordinates hastily to his office.
他急忙召唤他的下级去他的办公室商议。
He was summoned to the White House.
他被总统召进了白宫。
8.beam vi.照射；堆满笑容
9.emerge vi.浮现；暴露；摆脱
E.g.to emerge from a depression
从萧条中摆脱出来
Many distinguished men have emerged from slums.
很多名人都出身于贫民区。
10.distraught adj.发狂的；心烦意乱的
11.mutter vi.咕哝；喃喃自语vt.咕哝；抱怨地说；低声含糊地说n.咕哝；喃喃低语
1.have a fight 打架，打仗
2.get along 与……和睦相处