Let Go the Wooden Apples 放下手中的木蘋果

Let Go the Wooden Apples 放下手中的木蘋果

There once was a happy monkey wandering the jungle,

從前有只快樂的猴子，在叢林中游蕩，

eating delicious fruit when hungry,

餓了就吃美味的水果，

and resting when tired.

累了就休息。

One day he came upon a house,

一天，它碰到一棟房子，

where he saw a bowl of the most beautiful apples.

在那兒他看了一碗比它以往見過的都要漂亮的蘋果。

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

它一只手拿了一個蘋果然后跑回了森林。

He sniffed the apples and smelled nothing.

他聞了聞蘋果，什么味兒也沒有。

He tried to eat them, but hurt his teeth.

它試著去吃這個蘋果，但是卻傷到了牙齒。

They were made of wood,

這些蘋果是木頭做成的，but they were beautiful,

但是看著卻很好看，

and when the other monkeys saw them,

所以當其他的猴子看到這蘋果時，

he held onto them even tighter.

猴子更是緊緊地抓著蘋果。

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

因為有這兩個蘋果，它很驕傲的在叢林里游蕩。

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

蘋果在陽光的照耀下紅紅的，在猴子看來非常漂亮。

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.

甚至忘掉了最初的饑餓。

A fruit tree reminded him,

一棵果樹提醒它吃東西，

but he felt the apples in his hands.

然而他又想到了手里的蘋果。

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

他舍不得放下手中的這些蘋果再去摘其他的水果。

In fact, he couldn’t relax, either,

事實上，拿著蘋果它也無法放松。

if he was to defend his apples.

為了保護蘋果，

A proud, but less happy monkey

他成了一只驕傲但并不快樂的猴子

continued to walk along the forest trails.

獨自在森林里游蕩。

The apples became heavier,

蘋果變得越來越重，

and the poor little monkey thought ut leaving them behind.

可憐的猴子曾想過扔掉它們。

He was tired, hungry,

他又累又餓。

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

因為手中拿著蘋果，所以它既不能爬樹也不能拿水果。

What if he just let go?

要是它扔掉蘋果呢？

Letting go of such value things seemed crazy,

扔掉這么貴重的東西似乎看起來又很瘋狂，

but what else could he do?

但不扔掉的話，它其他什么事也做不了。

He was so tired.

它太累了。

Seeing the next fruit tree,

當看到下一棵果樹的時候，

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

它扔掉了木蘋果，好好吃了一頓。

He was happy again.

它又變得開心了起來。

Like that little monkey,

就像這只小猴子，

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

我們有時候也拿著看似很重要而不能放下的珍貴物品。

We identify so strongly with our things,

我們認為自己的事情都很重要

even feeling pain when our cars are dented.

即使是看到汽車上的一個小凹痕也心痛不已。

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

根據(jù)我們自己的信念和自我意識我們認為這些事情太重要了，

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

然而這些并不能豐富我們的靈魂，不是嗎？

And we become tired of defending them.

為了捍衛(wèi)它們我們身心疲憊

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

如果小猴子不放下手中的木蘋果

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

它很有可能餓死在一棵果樹下，

with fruit within reach,

果實卻觸手可及

but still grasping his wooden apples.

可它的雙手卻緊緊地握著那兩個木蘋果

Just remember only with open hands can we receive.

別忘了，只有張開雙手我們才能收獲更多！

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