One day, god said to a priest1: ‘come, and i want to take you to see the hell2.” they entered a room where so many people were sitting around a cooking pot. they looked at it but no one wants to say or do anything. they felt not only hungry but also disappointed .everyone has a spoon. but the handle of the spoon were too long for the food to be sent into their mouths.
“Come, now i want to take you to the heaven. ”god took the priest to the heaven and entered another room. this room was the same as the first one. there were so many people sitting around a cooking pot, and the handles of their spoon were as long as those of the first group of people. there was nothing different but the atmosphere. people here drank and ate, speaking and laughing. the priest felt puzzled and asked god. god answered with a smile. ”can’t you see? people in the second room here learnt to feed each other “ the priest suddenly saw the light.
This story tells us that we should learn to share and give, and develop the good habit of loving and helping3 one another. the niggards who we saw in the hell would rather make themselves hungry than share with others.
As a british poet said:” taken away love, our earth would be a grave4. sharing is an idea state, a wisdom and distillation5. sharing love, happiness and sadness is all that we need. there are so many people who don’t want to share with others .whatever they do they will think about themselves first. these people can never understand the real meaning of sharing. people are always imagining that they can live a good life in the heaven .because of imagination, we always feel we are far away from the heaven .in fact, the heaven is not far away from us .
1 priest [pri:st] 第6级 | |
n.神父,牧师,司铎,司祭,领导者,神甫;vt.使成为神职人员 | |
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2 hell [hel] 第5级 | |
n.地狱,阴间;用以咒骂或表示愤怒,不满 | |
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3 helping [ˈhelpɪŋ] 第7级 | |
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的 | |
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4 grave [ɡreɪv] 第5级 | |
n.墓穴,坟墓,雕刻工,抑音;adj.庄重的,严肃的,重大的,低沉的;vt.雕刻 | |
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5 distillation [ˌdɪstɪ'leɪʃn] 第8级 | |
n.蒸馏,蒸馏法 | |
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