2015.08.13

 

忠於自己

  東施效顰，自古有之。如何做自己？是一輩子的功課。學習歷程是不斷前進的，但是有時候從孩子身上學習，對於成人而言不但保有童真與童趣，更是簡明易懂，問題是如何從中得到啟發而實踐，適時且虛心持之。

  在國語日報童話萬花筒系列看到「虛榮的烏鴉」故事，雖然故事已流傳久遠，但是敞開心境讀之，別有一番風味。加以中英對照，簡明易懂，可以跳脫一些艱深聱牙之作，流暢自如，豁然開朗，或許跳脫學識之沉苛，攝取童趣與閱讀樂趣，增添生活養分，乃是一大樂趣。

虛榮的烏鴉

  天鵝美麗還是孔雀美麗？國王和王后看法不同，決定辦個比賽一分高下。

  一隻烏鴉知道自己贏不了，但心想如果用其他漂亮的羽毛，或許可以贏。於是偷偷拔了一些漂亮的羽毛裝在自己的身上，大搖大擺地去參賽。

  比賽會場上，牠漂亮的羽毛讓大家很驚豔。然而那些羽毛開始脫落時，大家認出了牠。在場的鳥兒都很生氣，一起把不屬於牠的羽毛拔下來。

The Vain Jackdaw

  A king and queen could not agree on which bird is more beautiful- the swan or the peacock. Therefore, they decided to hold a competition to decide which bird is the more attractive.

  One jackdaw knew that he had no chance to win. But he thought he could win by using feathers from other beautiful birds. He secretly plucked some from other birds and put them on himself. He then entered the competition proudly.

  Everyone at the competition was amazed by his beautiful feathers. But when those feathers to fall off, everyone knew who he was. All other birds were angry and pulled off the feathers that weren’t his.

從故事中學到的事

  我以為你不喜歡穿粉紅色洋裝

  但我男朋友很喜歡

  你應該忠於自己(做真正的自己)

Learning from the story

I thought you didn’t like to wear pink dresses.

But my boyfriend really likes it.

You should Be Yourself.