A long time ago, there was a man. He wanted to buy a pair of new shoes. He measured his feet with a straw¹，and then went to a shoe shop in town.

The shopkeeper took out a pair of new shoes, and let him try it on. But when he looked into his pocket, he found that the straw was not there. So he said, “I'm sorry, I forgot to bring the size here!Let me go home to get it.” After that, he ran out of the shop. It was very far from his home to the shoe shop. When he got back home, he was out of breath².

With a straw in his hand, he hurried to the shoe shop again. But the shop was closed.

Someone near the man said, “Your feet are with you. Why don't you try which pair of shoes fits?And why do you believe your straw, but not your feet?”

文章大意：

很久以前，有一个男人想买一双新鞋子。他用稻草量了下自己的脚，然后就去镇上的鞋店买鞋子了。

鞋店主人拿出一双新鞋子让这个男人试穿。但是当男人看他的口袋时，发现那根稻草并不在口袋里。因此他对店主说：“真的很对不起，我忘记把我的尺寸带过来了！等我回家去把它取来。”说完他就跑出鞋店了。因为他家离鞋店很远很远，所以当他到家时，他已经累得上气不喘下气了。

等他手上拿着稻草后，他又赶紧往鞋店跑。但是鞋店已经关门了。

旁边有人问这个男人：“既然你有脚，为什么你不用脚去试试看哪双鞋子适合？为什么你宁愿相信你的稻草也不愿意相信你自己的脚呢？”