难忘的一课
A Good Lesson
发现另一只鞋子里的钱之后,那个穷人更惊讶了,他跪在地上,脸朝着天空,大声而热烈地说着他的感恩.看到这一切,学生转过头来,看着教授,眼眶里噙满泪水,说：“谢谢您给我上了一堂难忘的课,现在我终于明白,施比受更有福”.
A young man, a student in one of our universities, was one day taking awalk with a professor, who was commonly called the students' friend, for hiskindness to those who waited on his instructions. As they went along, they sawlying in the path a pair of old shoes, which they supposed to belong to a poorman who was employed in a field close by, and who had nearly finished his day'swork.
The student turned to the professor, saying: "Let us play the man atrick: we will hide his shoes, and conceal ourselves behind those bushes, andwait to see his perplexity when he cannot find them."
"My young friend," answered the professor, "we should neveramuse ourselves at the expense of the poor. But you are rich, and may giveyourself a much greater pleasure by means of the poor man. Put a coin into eachshoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch how the discovery affectshim."
The student did so, and they both placed themselves behind the bushesclose by. The poor man soon finished his work, and came across the field to thepath where he had left his coat and shoes. While putting on his coat he slippedhis foot into one of his shoes; but feeling something hard, he stooped down tofeel what it was, and found the coin. Astonishment and wonder were seen uponhis countenance. He gazed upon the coin, turned it round, and looked at itagain and again. He then looked around him on all sides, but no person was tobe seen. He now put the money into his pocket, and proceeded to put on theother shoe; but his surprise was doubled on finding the other coin. Hisfeelings overcame him; he fell upon his knees, looked up to heaven and utteredaloud a fervent thanksgiving, in which he spoke of his wife, sick and helpless,and his children without bread, whom the timely bounty, from some unknown hand,would save from perishing.
The student stood there deeply affected, and his eyes filled with tears."Now," said the professor, "are you not much better pleased thanif you had played your intended trick?"