13.The Boy and the Nuts男孩和堅(jiān)果

TheBoy and the Nuts

ByAesop

1．Alittl boy once found a jar of nuts on the table .

＂I would like some of thesenuts ,＂he thought .＂I’ m sure Mother would give them to me if she were here . I ’lltake a big handful . ＂So he reached into the jarand grabbed as many as he could hold .

2．Butwhen he tried to pull his hand out , he found the neck of the jar was too small. His hand was held fast , but he did not want to drop any of the nuts .

Hetried again and again , but he couldn ’ t get the whole handful out . At lasthe began to cry .

3．Justthen his mother came into the room . ＂What ’s the matter ?＂she asked . 

＂I can ’t take this handful of nuts out of the jar , ＂sobbedthe boy .

＂Well , don ’t be so greedy ,＂his mother replied . ＂Justtake two or three , and you ’ ll have no trouble gettingyour hand out .＂

＂How easy that was ,＂said the boy as he left the table .＂I mighthave have thought of that myself .＂

男孩和堅(jiān)果

伊索

Aesop伊索

男孩取堅(jiān)果的故事告訴我們少則得，多則惑，欲速則不達(dá)的道理。天下難事必做于易，大事必做于細(xì)。

1．一個(gè)小男孩有一次看到桌上有一瓶堅(jiān)果?！拔蚁氤孕﹫?jiān)果，” 他心里想?！跋嘈艐寢屧谶@里也一定會(huì)給我的，那就拿一大把吧。”于是，他把手伸進(jìn)瓶罐，盡量抓了一大把。 

2．但是當(dāng)他想把手拿出來時(shí)，才發(fā)現(xiàn)瓶口太小，手已被緊緊地卡住了。然而他一個(gè)堅(jiān)果也不愿少拿。他試了一次又一次，總是不能將整把堅(jiān)果取出，終于，他哭了。

3．這時(shí)，媽媽進(jìn)來了?！俺鍪裁词卵?？”她問。

孩子抽泣著說：“我沒法子把一把堅(jiān)果拿出來。”

“好啦，可不能太貪心哦，”媽媽說，“每次只拿兩三個(gè)，你的手就很容易出來了?！?nbsp;

“原來這么簡(jiǎn)單”，男孩離開桌子說到，“我自己也應(yīng)該想到呀。”