胡蓉

快樂或者煩惱，讓自己的心做決定。生活需要幽默詼諧來化解煩惱！

One fine morning， Tom was wandering around a lake. The cool breeze was creating ripples on the surface of the water. The air was filled with birds chirping1.

Tom sat down beside the lake， enjoying nature around him. He collected small pebbles around him and started tossing2 them in the water， causing more ripples in the water. The fish in the water swam around， trying to avoid the pebbles. Tom was lost in thought， when he heard ducks quacking3. He looked up to see a flock of ducks swimming close by in the lake.

Tom thought to himself， “It would be nice to catch a duck or two for dinner.” He got up and started wading4 in the water to get closer to the ducks. He was very excited， as he thought about the duck soup he was going to enjoy.

The ducks saw Tom approaching and moved away. But， Tom kept moving towards them， determined to have his duck！ He jumped on them， but the ducks flew away. He slipped and went under the surface of the water. As he tried to breathe some air， he breathed water， instead. He finally got out of the lake， coughing on the shore.

Still Tom was determined to try to catch a duck or two， again. He thought， “Even though I have failed the first time， I will try again. I shouldnt lose hope.”

The ducks were more cautious this time and had a different plan. All the ducks were gathered at the center of the lake and were not moving an inch. When Tom got into the lake and moved to the center of the lake， the ducks swam to the other side of the lake.

After several failed attempts， Tom got tired， and lay down on the lake side to dry himself off and catch his breath. After some time， Tom got up and sat down by the lakeside again. He opened his bag and took out a roll of bread. He dipped the bread in the water and began to eat it.

Some people from the village close by were walking past the lake. When they saw Tom dipping his bread in the lake and eating it， a man asked， “Tom， what are you doing？”

Tom replied， “I am having Duck Soup.”

The man looked at Tom and asked， “Duck Soup？”

The people in the crowd looked at each other.

Tom understood their confusion and laughed and answered， “That is what clever people do. One who accepts what he or she has， is always happy！”

一個(gè)晴朗的早上，湯姆在湖邊閑逛。涼風(fēng)在水面上吹起漣漪，空氣中充滿了鳥兒的啁啾聲。

湯姆在湖邊坐下來，享受著周圍的大自然。他在周圍撿起小鵝卵石，開始把它們?nèi)舆M(jìn)水里，引起更多的漣漪。水中的魚飛快地游來游去，試圖避開鵝卵石。湯姆聽到鴨子嘎嘎叫時(shí)，陷入了沉思。他抬起頭來，看到一群鴨子在湖邊游來游去。

湯姆心里想：“吃一兩只鴨子就好了。”他站起來，開始涉水靠近鴨子。湯姆想到他將要享用的鴨湯，非常興奮。

鴨子們看見湯姆走近，就離開了。但是，湯姆繼續(xù)朝它們走去，決心要吃他的鴨子！湯姆撲向它們，鴨子們飛走了。湯姆滑倒進(jìn)水里，當(dāng)他想吸口氣時(shí)，他反而吸到了水。最后，他從湖里出來，在岸上咳嗽。

湯姆還是決心再抓一兩只鴨子。他想：“盡管我第一次失敗了，我還是會(huì)再試一次，我不應(yīng)該失去希望。”

這一次，鴨子們更加謹(jǐn)慎，有了不同的計(jì)劃。所有的鴨子都聚集在湖心，一寸也不動(dòng)。當(dāng)湯姆進(jìn)了湖里，走到了湖心時(shí)，鴨子們就游到了湖的另一邊。

幾次嘗試都失敗了，湯姆累了，躺在湖邊，擦干身子，喘口氣。過了一會(huì)兒，湯姆站起來，又在湖邊坐下。他打開包，拿出一卷面包。他把面包蘸蘸湖水，然后開始吃。

附近村子里的一些人從湖邊走過。當(dāng)他們看到湯姆把面包蘸了湖水以后再吃掉時(shí)，一個(gè)人問：“湯姆，你在干什么？”

湯姆回答說：“我正在喝鴨湯。”

那人看著湯姆，問道：“鴨湯？”

人們面面相覷。

湯姆知道他們的困惑，笑著回答：“聰明的人就是這么做的。一個(gè)接受他或她所擁有的東西的人，總是快樂的！”