那些給我智慧和勇氣的寓言故事62：安心草
每天讀一點(diǎn)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(gè)故事是這樣的：一個(gè)國王清晨走迸花園，發(fā)現(xiàn)所有的草 木已經(jīng)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(fā)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?yàn)橄饦溆X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(jié)滿豐碩的果實(shí)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(jié)出上好的果實(shí)而想結(jié)束生命
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