Let Go the Wooden Apples 放下手中的木苹果

Let Go the Wooden Apples 放下手中的木苹果

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Let Go the Wooden Apples 放下手中的木苹果

There once was a happy monkey wandering the jungle,

从前有只快乐的猴子,在丛林中游荡,

eating delicious fruit when hungry,

饿了就吃美味的水果,

and resting when tired.

累了就休息。

One day he came upon a house,

一天,它碰到一栋房子,

where he saw a bowl of the most beautiful apples.

在那儿他看了一碗比它以往见过的都要漂亮的苹果。

He took one in each hand and ran back into the forest.

它一只手拿了一个苹果然后跑回了森林。

He sniffed the apples and smelled nothing.

他闻了闻苹果,什么味儿也没有。

He tried to eat them, but hurt his teeth.

它试着去吃这个苹果,但是却伤到了牙齿。

They were made of wood,

这些苹果是木头做成的,but they were beautiful,

但是看着却很好看,

and when the other monkeys saw them,

所以当其他的猴子看到这苹果时,

he held onto them even tighter.

猴子更是紧紧地抓着苹果。

He aired his new possessions proudly as he wandered the jungle.

因为有这两个苹果,它很骄傲的在丛林里游荡。

They glistened red in the sun, and seemed perfect to him.

苹果在阳光的照耀下红红的,在猴子看来非常漂亮。

He became so attached to them,

猴子被深深地吸引了,

that he didn’t even notice his hunger at first.

甚至忘掉了最初的饥饿。

A fruit tree reminded him,

一棵果树提醒它吃东西,

but he felt the apples in his hands.

然而他又想到了手里的苹果。

He couldn’t bear to set them down to reach for the fruit.

他舍不得放下手中的这些苹果再去摘其他的水果。

In fact, he couldn’t relax, either,

事实上,拿着苹果它也无法放松。

if he was to defend his apples.

为了保护苹果,

A proud, but less happy monkey

他成了一只骄傲但并不快乐的猴子

continued to walk along the forest trails.

独自在森林里游荡。

The apples became heavier,

苹果变得越来越重,

and the poor little monkey thought ut leaving them behind.

可怜的猴子曾想过扔掉它们。

He was tired, hungry,

他又累又饿。

and he couldn’t climb trees or collect fruit with his hands full.

因为手中拿着苹果,所以它既不能爬树也不能拿水果。

What if he just let go?

要是它扔掉苹果呢?

Letting go of such value things seemed crazy,

扔掉这么贵重的东西似乎看起来又很疯狂,

but what else could he do?

但不扔掉的话,它其他什么事也做不了。

He was so tired.

它太累了。

Seeing the next fruit tree,

当看到下一棵果树的时候,

he dropped the wooden apples and reached up for his meal.

它扔掉了木苹果,好好吃了一顿。

He was happy again.

它又变得开心了起来。

Like that little monkey,

就像这只小猴子,

we sometimes carry things that seem too valuable to let go.

我们有时候也拿着看似很重要而不能放下的珍贵物品。

We identify so strongly with our things,

我们认为自己的事情都很重要

even feeling pain when our cars are dented.

即使是看到汽车上的一个小凹痕也心痛不已。

How much more powerfully do we identify with our beliefs and self-ideas?

根据我们自己的信念和自我意识我们认为这些事情太重要了,

Yet they don’t always feed our souls, do they?

然而这些并不能丰富我们的灵魂,不是吗?

And we become tired of defending them.

为了捍卫它们我们身心疲惫

If he hadn’t now let the wooden apples go,

如果小猴子不放下手中的木苹果

he might have been found dead of hunger, under a beautiful tree,

它很有可能饿死在一棵果树下,

with fruit within reach,

果实却触手可及

but still grasping his wooden apples.

可它的双手却紧紧地握着那两个木苹果

Just remember only with open hands can we receive.

别忘了,只有张开双手我们才能收获更多!


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  • 南的国

    人生如此,放下那些美好的羁绊,紧抓现实的需求

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