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VIII. Story Club(故事俱乐部)
A Picture of Peace
There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried.
The king looked at all the pictures, but there were only two he really liked and he had to choose between them.
One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect mirror, for peaceful towering(高耸的) mountains were all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy(轻软的) white clouds.
All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.
The other picture had mountains, too. But these were rugged(崎岖的) and bare. Above was an angry sky from which rain fell and in which lightening played. Down the side of the mountain tumbled(滚落) a foaming(起泡的) waterfall. This did not look peaceful at all.
But when the king looked, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest in perfect peace.
Which picture do you think won the prize? The king chose the second picture. Do you know why?
“Because,” explained the king, “peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst (中间) of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace.”
A Picture of Peace
There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried.
The king looked at all the pictures, but there were only two he really liked and he had to choose between them.
One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect mirror, for peaceful towering(高耸的) mountains were all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy(轻软的) white clouds.
All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.
The other picture had mountains, too. But these were rugged(崎岖的) and bare. Above was an angry sky from which rain fell and in which lightening played. Down the side of the mountain tumbled(滚落) a foaming(起泡的) waterfall. This did not look peaceful at all.
But when the king looked, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest in perfect peace.
Which picture do you think won the prize? The king chose the second picture. Do you know why?
“Because,” explained the king, “peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst (中间) of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace.”
答案
The king chose the second picture because peace means to be in the midst of noise, trouble and hard work and still be calm in one's heart, which is shown in the second picture where the mother bird sits on her nest in perfect peace in the midst of the rush of angry water.
