双语阅读｜Who is Happy?乌鸦和孔雀 哪个会是世间最快乐的鸟？

A crow lived in the forest and was absolutely satisfied in life. But one day he saw a swan. “This swan is so white,” he thought, “and I am so black. This swan must be the happiest bird in the world.”

一只乌鸦住在森林里，对生活感到绝对的满意。但是有一天，他看到了一只天鹅。 “这只天鹅是如此洁白，”他想，“而我是如此黑。这只天鹅一定是世界上最幸福的鸟。”

He expressed his thoughts to the swan. “Actually,” the swan replied, “I was feeling that I was the happiest bird around until I saw a parrot, which has two colors. I now think the parrot is the happiest bird in creation.” The crow then approached the parrot. The parrot explained, “I lived a very happy life until I saw a peacock. I have only two colors, but the peacock has multiple colors.”

他向天鹅表达了他的想法。天鹅回答说：“实际上，直到我看到一只鹦鹉有两种颜色，我才感到自己是最快乐的鸟。我现在认为鹦鹉是造物主手下最快乐的鸟。”乌鸦走近了鹦鹉。鹦鹉解释说：“我过着非常幸福的生活直到我看到了孔雀，我只有两种颜色，但是孔雀有很多种颜色。”

The crow then visited a peacock in the zoo and saw that hundreds of people had gathered to see him. After the people had left, the crow approached the peacock. “Dear peacock,” the crow said, “you are so beautiful. Every day thousands of people come to see you. When people see me, they immediately shoo me away. I think you are the happiest bird on the planet.”

然后，乌鸦参观了动物园里的一只孔雀，看到数百人聚集在一起看他。人们离开后，乌鸦走近了孔雀。乌鸦说：“亲爱的孔雀，你真漂亮。每天都有成千上万的人来看你。当人们看到我时，他们立即将我赶走。我认为你就是地球上最快乐的鸟。

shoo v. (尤指发出嘘声并挥手) 赶走，轰走； int. (表示赶小孩或动物走的声音) 嘘，去。

The peacock replied, “I always thought that I was the most beautiful and happy bird on the planet. But because of my beauty, I am entrapped in this zoo. I have examined the zoo very carefully, and I have realized that the crow is the only bird not kept in a cage. So for the past few days, I have been thinking that if I were a crow, I could happily roam everywhere.”

孔雀回答说：“我一直以为我是地球上最美丽，最快乐的鸟。但也由于美丽，我被困在了这个动物园里。我已经非常仔细地检视了动物园，并且我意识到乌鸦是唯一没有关在笼子里的鸟。所以在过去的几天里，我一直在想，如果我是一只乌鸦的话，我就可以快乐地到处遨游。”

That’s our problem too. We make unnecessary comparisons with others and become sad. We don’t value what God has given us. This all leads to the vicious cycle of unhappiness.

那也是我们的问题。我们与他人进行不必要的比较并感到难过。我们不珍视上帝赐给我们的东西。这一切都让不快乐在恶性循环。

Learn to be happy with what you have instead of looking at what you don’t have. There will always be someone who will have more or less than you have. A person who is satisfied with what he/she has is the happiest person in the world.

学会满足于己有的东西，而不是总看着自己没有的东西。总会有比你所有拥有的更多或更少的人。知足于已有才是世界上最幸福的人。