公雞和寶石

湖北省宜昌市 吳小雅供稿

A cock was scratching in the farmyard for food for the hens.公雞在農(nóng)家的庭院里用爪子搔呀刨呀，為母雞覓食。

He turned up a precious stone that shone and sparked in the sun.他從地里翻出了一顆寶石，那顆寶石在陽(yáng)光下閃閃發(fā)光。

“Well,” said the Cock, “I don’t know what you are doing here.You are a very beautiful thing,and no doubt if your owner found you he would be delighted,but you do no good to me.”“喂！”公雞說(shuō)，“我不知道你在這兒干嘛。你是一個(gè)挺美麗的玩意兒。如果你被主人發(fā)現(xiàn)，毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)，他一定會(huì)喜出望外，可是，你對(duì)我卻沒(méi)有絲毫用處。”

“I would rather have one grain of delicious barley than all the precious stones all over the world!”“我情愿要一棵美味的大麥，而不要天下所有的寶石。”

判斷事物得看它的價(jià)值。

給我一粒大麥，就給了我整個(gè)世界。假如有了整個(gè)世界，寶石又算得了什么呢？

為了理想，我愿拋棄一切。