It was six o’clock in the evening. No one was left in the museum.
晚上六点，博物馆里没人了。

Joseph Maenads, the curator, was making rounds, checking to see that everything was all right. Suddenly, Joseph saw something on the floor. He walked over to see what it was.
管理员约瑟夫·曼尼戴斯正在转来转去，检查是否一切正常。突然，他看到地板上有一件什么东西。他走过去看看到底是什么。

What do you think he saw? He saw a beautiful abstract painting lying there. Joseph showed the painting to the director of the museum. The director asked him a couple of questions.“ Where did you find this?”
你猜他看到了什么？他看到地板上放着一幅美丽的抽象画。约瑟夫给博物馆馆长看这幅画。馆长问了他几个问题。“你是在哪里找到这个的？”

“On the floor, on the fourth floor,” answered Joseph. “Who painted it?”“I don’ t know. There’s no name.”“Let’s call several museums to check and see if it’s a stolen painting,” said the director.
“在地板上，在四楼地板上，”约瑟夫答道。“是谁画的？”“我不知道。上面没有名字。”“我们给几家博物馆打电话查查看那是否是一幅失窃的油画。”

No one claimed the painting, so the director decided to hang it in the abstract art division of the museum.
馆长说。没人认领这幅画。所以，馆长决定把它挂在博物馆抽象艺术画区。

All the experts came to review the painting. Each one said it was beautiful and had very deep meaning. The director was proud to have such a painting in his museum. He congratulated Joseph on his discovery.
所有专家都来参观这幅画。大家都说这幅油画太美了，而且寓意深刻。有这样一幅作品在博物馆里，馆长颇为自豪。他祝贺约瑟夫的发现。

Several weeks later, a woman came to the museum with her five-year-old son.
几周后，一位妇女带着五岁的儿子来到博物馆。

While they were looking at the new painting, the little boy began to cry bitterly. The director came over to the child and asked: “Why are you crying?” The child pointed to
the painting and said, “I’m crying because that’s my painting on the wall, and I want it back.”
当他们看到新油画时，小男孩难过地哭了起来。馆长走过来问那个小孩：“你为什么哭啊？”孩子指着油画说：“我哭，是因为墙上的画是我的，我想要回来。”