那些給我智慧和勇氣的寓言故事62：安心草
每天讀一點英文之那些給我智慧和勇氣的寓言故事（寓言篇）
62 a heart's ease 安心草
a story is told of a king who went into his garden one morning, and found everything withered and dying.
這個故事是這樣的：一個國王清晨走迸花園，發現所有的草 木已經枯萎，奄奄一息了。
he asked the oak that stood near the gate what the trouble was.
于是，他問門邊的橡樹究竟發生了什么事。
he found it was sick of life and determined to die because it was not tall and beautiful like the pine.
原來是它們消極 厭世、一心求死，因為橡樹覺得自己不如松樹般高大、秀麗：
the pine was all out of heart because it could not bear grapes, like the vine.
而松樹為自己不如葡萄藤那般結滿豐碩的果實而沮喪：
the vine was going to throw its life away because it could not stand erect and have as fine fruit as the peach tree.
葡萄藤則為自己無法直立，并且無法像桃樹那樣結出上好的果實而想結束生命
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