An old farmer lived on a farm in the mountains with his young grandson. Each morning grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his holy book. One day the grandson asked, "grandpa! I try to read the holy book just like you but I don't understand it, and what I do understand I forget as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the book do?" 从前,有一位老农和他的小孙子住在山间的农场里。每天早上,老人都会早早起床,坐在厨房桌子上读圣书。一天,他的孙子问道:“爷爷!我努力尝试像您一样读圣书,可我看不大懂,而那些能看懂的部分,一合上书我又给忘了。那我读这本书有什么用呢?”
The grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied, "take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water." 老人正在给炉子添煤,这会儿平静地停下手中的动作,答道:“带着这个煤篮子到河边去,给我打一篮水回来吧。”