两条道路（1）

It was NewYear's Night. An aged man was standing at awindow. He raised his mournful eyes towards the deep blue sky,where the stars were floating Hng like white lilies on the surface of a clear calm lake. Then he cast them on the earth, where few more hopeless people than himself now moved towards their certain goal- the tomb. He had already passed sixty of the stages leading to it, and he had brought from his journey nothing but errors and remorse. Now his health was poor, his mind vacant, his heart sorrowful, and his old age short of comforts
The days of his youth appeared like dreams before him, and he recalled the serious moment when his father placed him at the
entrance of the two roads- - -one leading to a peaceful, sunny place,covered with flowers, fruits and resounding with soft, sweet songs;the other leading to a deep, dark cave, which was endless, where poison flowed instead of water and where devils and poisonous snakes hissed and crawled.
新年之夜，--位上了年纪的人伫立在窗前。他抬起充满哀伤的眼睛,仰望着深蓝色的天空，星星在那里游移着，如同朵朵百合散落在清澈而平静的湖面上。接着，他把目光投向地面，看到几个比他更加绝望的人正走向他们的终点一坟墓。 在通往人生终点的道路上，他已经走过了六十个驿站，除了过失和悔恨之外，他-无所获。 现在，他健康欠佳，精神空虚，心情优郁，缺少晚年应有的舒适和安逸。
年轻的时光如梦幻般浮现在他眼前，他回想起父亲将他放在人生道路的入口处时那个关键的时刻。当时，摆在他面前的有两条道路: 一条通向和平宁静、阳光灿烂的地方，那里充满花果，回荡着柔和甜美的歌声;另一条则通向黑暗无底的深渊，那里流淌着毒汁而非清水，恶魔肆虐，毒蛇横行。