从前,有个叫玛丽的寡妇,她有一只母鸡。
这只母鸡每天都会下一个蛋,让玛丽很高兴。
玛丽想:“如果我给母鸡多喂些大麦,它会不会每天下两个蛋呢?”
于是,她每天都给母鸡喂很多的大麦。
可是,母鸡并没有像玛丽希望的那样每天下两个蛋。
反而,因为吃得太多,母鸡变得越来越胖,最后连一个蛋也不下了。
这个故事告诉我们,有时候,如果我们太贪心,想要得到更多的东西,可能会连已经拥有的也失去。
所以,我们要知足常乐,珍惜眼前的一切。
Once upon a time, there was a widow named Mary who had a hen.
Every day, the hen would lay an egg, which made Mary very happy.
Mary thought to herself, "If I feed the hen more barley, will it lay two eggs every day?"
So, she started feeding the hen lots of barley every day.
But the hen did not lay two eggs as Mary had hoped.
Instead, because it ate too much, the hen became fatter and fatter, until it stopped laying eggs altogether.
This story teaches us that sometimes, if we are too greedy and want more things, we may end up losing what we already have.
So, we should be content with what we have and cherish everything around us.