一则简短的寓言故事《值得帮助的人》
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值得帮助的人
闻春国 译
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很多年前，有一个非常有钱的富翁想为乡亲们做一些善事。不过，他首先想要知道他们是否值得帮助。于是，他把一块很大的石头放在通往镇上的那条主要道路的中央。然后，他躲在了一棵树的后面，等待着。
不久，一位老人牵着一头牛走了过来。
“嗨，谁把这石头放在路的中间？”老人说道，可他并没有去搬开石头，而且费了一番功夫绕过石头，继续赶路。
另一个人走了过来，他同样绕过了石头，继续赶他的路。随后，一个又一个行人从这块石头边走过。所有这些人都抱怨石头挡在了路的中间，可没有一个人试图将它搬走。
约莫黄昏时分，一位年轻人走了过来。他看着这块石头，心中暗想，“晚上，这里会很黑。附近的人黑夜赶路会被它绊倒的。”想到这，年轻人开始搬动石头。最后，他用尽所有的力气连推带拉把石头推倒了路的一边。
让他吃惊的是，在石头的下面，他发现了一个装满金钱的袋子和一张字条：“这钱是留给将这石头从路中间搬开的好心人。这个人值得帮助。”
The Person Deserves Help
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Many years ago, there lived a very rich man who wanted to do
something for the people of his
town. But first he wanted to find out whether they
deserved his
help. So he placed a very large stone in the center of
the main road into town. Then he hid behind a tree and
waited.
Soon an old man came along with his
cow.
'Hi，who put this stone in the center of
the road?' said the old man, but he did not try to remove the
stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and
continued on his way.
Another man came along and did the same thing; then another
came, and another. All of them complained about the stone in the
center of the road, but not one of them tried to remove
it.
Late in the afternoon, a young man came along. He saw the
stone and said, 'The night will be very dark. Some neighbor will
come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.'The
young man then began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with
all his strength to move it to one side.
But imagine his surprise when under the stone he found a bag
full of money and this message: 'This money is for the thoughtful
person who removes this stone from the road. That person deserves
help.'
