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墨丘利与雕刻家的寓言故事

2024-07-29 09:50    童话故事    来源:365文库

墨丘利与雕刻家的寓言故事

  墨丘利急于了解自己有多么受人尊重,便化做一个凡人,来到一个雕刻家的工作室,那里有很多已经完工的雕像正待出售。他看见了一尊朱庇特的雕像,便问要多少钱。“一块银元。”雕刻家回答说。“就这么多?”他笑着问,“那么,”(他指着朱诺的像——朱庇特的妻子)“这一尊要多少钱?”雕刻家回答说:“那个要半块银元。”“那边那个雕像,你想卖多少钱呢?”他指着自己的雕像继续问道。“那个?”雕刻家说,“假如你要买那两个的话,我便把这个白送给你。”

  【墨丘利与雕刻家的故事寓意】

  墨丘利与雕刻家的故事告诉新梦想网友:我们不要获得点成就就把自己看的高高在上,也不用把自己获得的成绩去用金钱来考量,我们更应该做些有意义的事情,我们做的那些好事是不需要别人的去夸奖的。

  【墨丘利与雕刻家的英文版】

  MERCURY AND THE SCULPTOR

  Mercury was very anxious to know in what estimation he was held by mankind;so he disguised himself as a man and walked into a Sculptor’S studio,where there were a number of statues finished and ready for sale.Seeing a statue of Jupiter among the rest,he inquired the price of it.“A crown.”said the Sculptor.“Is that all?”said he.laughing;“and”(pointing to one of Juno)“how much is that one?”“That.”was the reply,“is half a crown.”“And how much might you be wanting for that one over there,now?”he continued,pointing to a statue of himseld“That one?”said the Sculptor;“Oh.I’ll throw him in for nothing if you’ll buy the other two.”

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