The Miser and His Gold <p><span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(255, 138, 0);">Once upon a time. there was a Miser.He hated spending gold.So he never used any gold he had.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(255, 138, 0);">很久以前，有个吝啬鬼。他不喜欢花费黄金。所以他从来没有用过他所有的金子。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(255, 138, 0);">He had dug up a hole and used to buried the gold near the tree in his garden.Every day he goes near the tree to dig it up and look at the gold happily.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(255, 138, 0);">他挖了一个洞，把金子埋在花园里的树旁。每天他都会走近那颗树把它挖起来，高兴地看着金子。</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(255, 138, 0);">"I am so rich.I own this much gold."This made him very happy.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 138, 0); font-size: 20px;">"哈！哈！哈！我太有钱了。我有这么多金子。"这使他非常高兴。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(255, 138, 0);">One day a passerby saw him digging up and happened to see the gold hidden by him."Gold under the tree!I should wait till it gets dark."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(255, 138, 0);">一天，一个过路人看见他在挖，碰巧看到他藏着的金子。“树下的金子。我应该等到天黑。”</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(255, 138, 0);">The robber waited till the night time to dig up the gold.He took all the gold buried under the tree.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(255, 138, 0);">强盗等到了深夜挖出金子。他把埋在树下的金子都拿走了。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(255, 138, 0);">The next day the miser came back to look at his gold. The miser dug a big hole where he used to hide his gold.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(255, 138, 0);">第二天，吝啬鬼回来看看他的金子。吝啬鬼在他用来藏金子的地方挖了一个大洞。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(255, 138, 0);">"Where is my gold?Where is my gold?"But he couldn't find any gold in the hole.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(255, 138, 0);">“我的金子呢？我的金子呢？”但他找不到洞里的金子.</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(255, 138, 0); font-size: 20px;">"Who stole my gold?"</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 138, 0); font-size: 20px;">“谁偷了我的金子？”</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(255, 138, 0);">Listening to the miser crying,all his neighbours came running to his house."What happened?Why are you upset?"</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(255, 138, 0);">听到吝啬鬼的哭声，他的邻居们都跑到他家来了。“怎么搞的？你为什么不高兴？”</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(255, 138, 0); font-size: 20px;">The miser showed them the hole and told them everything about the gold he used to hide under the tree.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 138, 0); font-size: 20px;">吝啬鬼展示洞给他们看，把他藏在树下的金子的事告诉了他们。</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(255, 138, 0); font-size: 20px;">"Did you ever spend any of your gold?"</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 138, 0); font-size: 20px;">你花过你的金子吗？</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(255, 138, 0);">"No,I would only dig it up.Looking at it made me happy."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(255, 138, 0);">“不，我只想把它挖出来。看着它我就很开心。”</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(255, 138, 0);">"You never used anything at all?The gold was of no use to you because you had it in the ground.Just look into the hole and think that the gold is still inside it.Then you can be as happy as you were before."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(255, 138, 0);">“你从来都没使用过?金子对你没用，因为你在地里拥有了它。只要往洞里看，就知道里面还有金子。然后你就可以像以前一样快乐了。”</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(255, 138, 0);">Neighbours started to laugh and left him with the empty hole.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(255, 138, 0);">邻居们开始大笑，把他丢在空洞里。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(255, 138, 0);">From the story, we should utilise my money in something good.Because wealth unused might as well not exist.Money has no value till we use it.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(255, 138, 0);">通过这个故事，我们知道应该把钱用在有意义的事上。因为未使用过的财富也可能不存在。钱在我们使用之前是没有价值的。</span></p> <p>🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂</p> <p>🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂</p>