"Then," said the man, "go with me, and I will teach you to become the cunningest thief that ever was."

“那么，”那人说，“跟我走吧，我要教你成为最灵巧的小偷。”

youdao

This is because of the following three reasons: Firstly, the thief only stole things from me but did not hurt me at all; secondly, the thief has stolen some of my things instead of all my things; thirdly, most luckily for me, it was the man rather than me who became a thief.

这是因为以下三个原因：第一，小偷只偷我的东西，而没有伤害我；其次，小偷偷走了我的一些东西，而不是我所有的东西；第三，对我来说最幸运的是，成为小偷的是那个人，不是我。

youdao

They always came to me with newer ideas of how to catch the thief. Their next idea is to do something so when the newspaper is taken, there will be some noise to wake them up.

他们经常到我这里报告他们的捉贼新计划，下一个计划是报纸被偷时他们要采取措施，到时他们会被某种响声弄醒。

youdao

"I'm just doing what I know and I'm doing what you taught me." "I never taught you to be a thief."

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"A man who was like a brother to me turned out to be a thief and an outlaw, " he says.

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Later, he told me that he uses his pre-show scouting missions to segue into his thief persona.

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