Mi Mi's 輕旅行札記

（２）The Clever Servant

Here's an old story. A wealthy man wanted to make a journey to a faraway town. He was a businessman. He wanted to take products to sell. He also planned to take gold to buy things with.　He decided to take ten servants with him.
They would carry the goods to sell and the food to eat on the journey.

有個古老的故事是這樣說的。一個有錢人想到遙遠的城鎮去旅行，他是個商人，他想把產品帶去賣。 他還計畫要帶金子去買東西。他決定帶十個僕人和他一起去，他們將帶著要出售的貨物，以及旅途上要吃的食物。


He was a kindhearted man.
He said to one of his servants, “You are the shortest, the thinnest and the weakest of all my servants. You cannot carry a heavy bundle. You must choose the lightest bundle to carry.”

富人是個好心人，他對其中一個僕人說：
「你是所有僕人中最矮小，也是最瘦弱的。你搬不動沉重的包裹。你必須選最輕的包袱來拿。」


The servant thanked his master. He pointed to the largest bundle.
This was the fruit and bread to eat on the journey.

這名僕人向主人道了謝，然後指著最大的包裹，這個包裹是裝旅程中要吃的水果和麵包。


“ You are foolish. ” said his master. “That is the biggest and heaviest bundle.”
but the servant picked up the bundle cheerfully and the trip began.

「你真傻。」主人說。「那是最大、最重的包裹。」但僕人卻愉快地拿起那個包裹，開始了旅程。


They walked for six hours. Then they stopped for a rest. They all ate some of
the food. Then there was less for the servant to carry. The servant's bundle grew
smaller and lighter each day. By the end of the trip, the clever servant had nothing to carry.

他們走了六個鐘頭，然後就停下來休息，所有的人都吃了一些食物。所以那個僕人要拿的東西就變少了。僕人的包裹一天天地減少、減輕。在旅程結束時，聰明的僕人已經沒有東西要拿了。