那些給我智慧和勇氣的寓言故事58:我們的問題

A little Mouse living on a farm was looking through a crack in the wall one day and saw the farmer and his wife opening a package.

一天，一隻住在農場的小老鼠透過牆上的洞看到農場主和他的妻子打開了一個包裹。

The mouse was intrigued by what food the package may contain. He was aghast to discover that it was a mousetrap. The mouse ran to the farmyard warning everyone： “There is a mousetrap in the house， there is a mousetrap in the house.”

小老鼠很好奇裏面裝的是什麼好吃的食物。但是令它震驚的是，裏面居然是一個老鼠夾。於是它跑到農場的院子裏向每一個動物警告說：“屋裏有一個老鼠夾！屋裏有一個老鼠夾！”

The chick raised his head and said， “Mr. Mouse， I can tell you this trap is a grave concern to you， but it has no consequence to me and I cannot be bothered with it.”

一隻小雞擡起頭說：“老鼠先生，我敢說老鼠夾是專爲你設置的，不會給我帶來任何後果，我用不着擔心。”

The mouse turned to the pig， “I am so sorry Mr. Mouse， but the trap is no concern of mine either！” the pig said.

老鼠轉向豬。“我也很抱歉，老鼠先生，老鼠夾和我也沒有任何關係。”小豬說道。

The mouse then turned to the bull， “It sounds like you have a problem， Mr. Mouse， but not one that concerns me.” the bull said.

老鼠又去跟牛講。老牛對它說：“聽起來你好像遇到了麻煩，老鼠先生，但是這也不關我的事。”

The mouse returned to the house， head down and dejected that no one would help him or has concerned about his dilemma.

老鼠耷拉着腦袋回到屋子裏，他感到很沮喪，因爲沒有誰願意幫助它，沒有誰爲它的困境擔心。

He knew he had to face the trap on his own. That night the sound of a trap catching its prey was heard throughout the house. The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness she could not see that it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught.

它只有獨自面對這個老鼠夾了。那天晚上大家都聽到了夾子夾住東西的聲音。農夫的妻子急忙跑過去看是什麼被抓住了。黑暗中她看不清，其實是一條毒蛇的尾巴被夾住了。

The snake bit the farmer’s wife. The wife caught a bad fever and the farmer knew the best way to treat a fever was with chicken soup. The farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard to get the soup’s main ingredient.

農夫的妻子被毒蛇咬了一口，發起了高熱。農夫知道最好的退熱辦法是喝雞湯，於是他拿着菜刀走進院子去取做湯的原料。

The wife got sicker and friends and neighbors came by to take turns sitting with her round the clock. The farmer knew he had to feed them， so he butchered the pig.

農夫的妻子病得更重了，朋友和鄰居們輪流來看她。農夫必須招待他們，所以就把豬殺了。

The farmer’s wife did not get better， in fact she died and so many friends and family came to her funeral that the farmer had to slaughter the bull to feed all of them.

農夫的妻子還是沒有好轉，最後還是死了，很多朋友和家人來參加她的葬禮，農夫只有殺牛來招待他們。

So the next time we hear that one of our teammates is facing a problem and think it does not concern or effect us， let us remember that when any one of us is in trouble， we are all at risk.

所以，下一次當我們聽到同伴當中的一員遇到問題時，不要想這不關自己的事，不會影響自己。記住，如果我們中任何一個人遇到麻煩，我們都將處於危險之中。

Life is a celebration. Be happy and make others happy.

生活就是聯歡，高興一點，讓其他人也高興起來！