[月亮上的人] 月亮上的人 是什么意思
时间：2018-12-27 03:34:28 来源：柠檬阅读网 本文已影响 人 
There was a blacksmith(铁匠) once who complained: “I am not well, and my work is too warm. I want to be a stone on the mountain. There it must be cool, for the wind blows and the trees give a shade(阴凉). A wise man who had power over all things replied: “Go you, be a stone.” And he was a stone, high up on the mountainside. It happened that a stonecutter came that way for a stone, and when he saw the one that had been the blacksmith, he knew that it was what he sought, and he began to cut it. The stone cried out: “This hurts! I no longer want to be a stone. A stonecutter I want to be. That would be pleasant.” The wise man, humoring him, said, “Be a cutter.” Thus he became a stone cutter, and as he went seeking suitable stone, he grew tired, and his feet were sore. He whimpered, “I no longer want to cut stone. I would be the sun; that would be pleasant.” The wise man commanded, “Be the sun.” And he was the sun. But the sun was warmer than the blacksmith, than a stone, than a stonecutter, and he complained, “I do not like this. I would be the moon. It looks cool.” The wise man spoke yet again, “Be the moon.” And he was the moon. “This is warmer than being the sun,” murmured he: “for the light from the sun shines on me ever. I do not want to be the moon. I would be a smith again. That, verily(确实地), is the best life.” But the wise man replied, “I am weary of your changing. You wanted to be the moon; the moon you are, and it you will remain.”
And in yon high heaven lives he to this day.
有个铁匠一次抱怨说:“我过得不好,我的工作太热了。我想做块山上的石头。那里一定非常凉快,因为那里有风吹拂,有树遮荫。”一位掌管万物的智者回答:“去吧,做个石头。”于是他就成了高处山边的一块石头。碰巧一个石匠来到这里找一块石头。当他看见那块曾经是铁匠的石头,他知道那就是他要找的那块石头。
于是他开始砍伐,石头叫喊道:“弄疼我了,我不想再做石头了。我想做石匠,那一定非常开心。”智者迁就了他。说:“做个石匠吧。”这样他变成了一个石匠。当他去寻找合适的石头时,他累了,脚直发酸。他抱怨道:“我不想凿石头了。我想做太阳。那一定非常开心。”智者命令道:“变成太阳。”然后他变成了太阳。但是,做太阳又比做铁匠、石头、石匠热。他于是抱怨道:“我不喜欢做太阳,我想做月亮。它看上去非常凉爽。”智者又说:“做月亮去吧。”于是他变成了月亮。“这个要比做太阳还热呢,”他嘟囔着说,“因为太阳光一直照着我。我不想做月亮了。我还是想再做铁匠。实际上那的确是最好的生活。”但是智者回答说:“你变来变去,我都累了。你想做月亮,就去做月亮吧。永远都不会再变了。”
于是他在那月亮上一直生活至今。
