“善有善报”背后的故事让人泪目
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- 周末大咖说 -
One good turn deserves another. Really?
善有善报，以德报德，真的吗？
In Chinese, we have this proverb "善有善报" or “以德报德".
In English, this expression “One good turn deserves another" perfectly matches it. But in reality, does this saying apply to everything?
Echo would like to tell you a story, and it’s up to you to decide.
Story 故事
Once upon a time, there was a Giant who had a beautiful and verdant（a.翠绿的） garden. When he was away with his friend, many children came to play in his garden.
从前，一个巨人有个非常美丽，郁郁葱葱的花园。当他拜访朋友的时候，很多孩子们来他的花园里玩耍。
One day, he returned home. When he found so many children in his garden, he became furious（a.狂怒的）. He thought the garden belonged to him, and no one could enter it freely.
一天，他回家看到花园里有这么多孩子，他很生气。他认为这个花园是属于他的，任何人都不准随意入内。
So he built a high wall and put up a notice-board.
于是他建起了高墙，还放了一个公告板。
TRESPASSERS
WILL BE PROSECUTED
不准擅入
违者重罚
From then on, the children dared not to come to his garden. With time passing, the Giant discovered that the Spring wouldn’t visit his garden, nor did the Summer and the Autumn.
从那以后，孩子们再也不敢到花园里玩耍。时光飞逝，巨人发现春天没有造访他的花园，而且夏天和秋天也没有按时到来。
Only the Winter lingered（v.徘徊） around, and he also invited the Hail, the Frost and the North Wind. The Giant was gloomy（a.沮丧的）and lonely.
只有冬天一直在花园里徘徊游荡，还邀请了雹、霜和北风一起来肆虐。孤独的巨人也变得沮丧起来。
However, one morning, the Giant heard birds singing and smelled the fragrance of flowers. He was amazed at seeing the children playing in his garden.
然而，一天早上巨人竟然听到了鸟儿的啾啁，问到了花儿的芬芳。他很惊讶，看到孩子们偷偷跑了进来，在花园里玩耍。
Each child was sitting in the branches of a tree, but a little boy couldn’t reach the branch. He cried so bitterly that he didn’t see the Giant walking towards him. The Giant’s heart melted when he saw the little boy, so he put him up into the tree. Suddenly, the tree burst into blossoms.
每个孩子坐在一棵树的枝丫里，但是一个小男孩够不到树枝。他哭地实在太伤心了，都没有看到巨人向他走来。当巨人看到小男孩的时候，心都要融化了，他帮助小男孩坐到了树上。突然，树绽放出了花朵。
The Giant realized that the children brought the Spring and he had been selfish, so he knocked down the wall and invited the children to play in his garden. But he never saw the little boy again.
巨人意识到原来是孩子们带来了春天，他实在是太自私了。于是他把高墙拆毁，邀请所有的孩子们来花园里玩。但是他再没有看到那个小男孩。
Years went over, the Giant grew older. He enjoyed watching the children play happily in his garden, but sometimes, he missed the little boy.
多年过去了，巨人渐渐变老。他喜欢看着孩子们在他的花园愉快地玩耍，但是有时候，他还会想起那个小男孩。
One winter morning, as he looked out of the window, he saw the little boy standing under a tree which was full of white flowers. The Giant hurried out and came near to the little boy. There were imprints of nails on the little boy’s palms and feet. The Giant was struck by a sense of awe and knelt in front of him.
一个冬日清晨，当巨人向窗外看去的时候，他看到小男孩站在一颗树下，树上开满了白色的花朵。巨人飞奔出去，走进小男孩。他看到小男孩的手掌和脚上有钉子的痕迹。巨人突然心中充满敬畏之情，跪在小男孩面前。
And the child smiled on the Giant, and said to him:
男孩微笑地说：
You let me play once in your garden, to-day you shall come with me to my garden, which is Paradise.
你让我在你的花园里玩耍过，今天我邀请你来我的花园做客，也就是天堂。
And when the children ran in that afternoon, they found the Giant lying dead under the tree, all covered with white blossoms.
下午当孩子们来到花园的时候，他们看到巨人躺在树下，身上盖满了白色的花朵。
This story is from Oscar Wilde, one of the fairy tales in his Happy Prince and Other Tales.
对了，这就是Echo最爱的作家之一奥斯卡·王尔德的《快乐王子及其他故事》中的一个小故事“自私的巨人"。
Echo为大家做了简写，让你们可以在5分钟内读完这个暖心的小故事。
和之前Echo介绍的他写的社会讽刺故事不同，这个故事集主打童话，通过耐人寻味的戏剧化对比引起读者的思考。
There were beautiful sentences frequently quoted by readers, they are:
1. “I have many beautiful flowers," he said; “but the children are the most beautiful flowers of all."
2. “You let me play once in your garden, to-day you shall come with me to my garden, which is Paradise."
Now do you think "One good turn deserves another"?
现在你认同“善有善报”吗？
Welcome to leave your comment.
欢迎大家在评论区留言哦。
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