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The apprentice angel
實習天使
One day, a little angel who wanted to be a big angel was spending some time with a more seasoned angel.
一天， 一個一心想成為大天使的小天使和一個經驗豐富的天使在一起。
They were invisibly walking down a busy city street, and the older angel said to the apprentice angel:Would you like to hear something amazing?
他們隱身走在鬧市的街頭，年長天使對實習天使說:想不想聽點驚人的事?
The little angel didn't know but he finally said, Well, all right, what is it?
小天使有點茫然，于是說:那么，好吧，是什么?
They proceeded down the street and into a little coffee shop, and in there was a man drinking his coffee.
他們繼續沿著街道前行，來到一家咖啡館，里面正坐著一個喝咖啡的男人。
As soon as the two angels took a seat, an invisible devil sauntered in and sat right next to the man drinking his coffee.
這兩個天使在咖啡館里剛坐下，一個隱身的魔鬼踱著步子走進來，在喝咖啡的男人身邊坐下了。
Come on over here. said the senior angel.
到這兒來，大天使對實習天使說。
Now, angels can see devils but devils can't see angels, so this devil couldn't see the two angels watching him.
順便說一下，天使可以看見魔鬼，而魔鬼是看不見天使的，所以魔鬼不知道有兩個天使正在看他。
If he could have seen them, then he never would have done what he was about to do,because everything that angels learn about what devils are doing gives angels the opportunity to teach human beings how to be smarter than devils.
如果說他能看見天使，他一定不會做接下來的事情，因為天使對魔鬼的臭名早就一清二楚，他們要教人們如何變得比魔鬼聰明。
So, this devil leans over to the man sitting there in the coffee shop,and the angels lean forward to hear something that the devil whispers into the man's ear.
魔鬼低伏在喝咖啡的男人身邊，天使們向前傾著身子想聽聽魔鬼對男人小聲說了什么。
The little angel falls back and says, Ah ha! I see now.This explains so much. The senior angel confirms, That's right.
小天使直起身子說道:啊哈，我知道了，這就難怪了。大天使點點頭:沒錯。
What the little angel heard the devil whisper in the man's ear was this:Take this pain and pass it along.
小天使聽到魔鬼跟男人說:承受這些痛苦，并把它帶給別人。
With those words, the devil gave that man a little bit of pain.
說著，魔鬼給了男人一些痛苦。
The angels followed the man as he walked down the street.
男人走上街道，兩個天使也跟了出去。
When he got to his car, he found that somebody had parked his car too close to his,making it very hard for him to get out of his parking space.
當他來到自己的車旁時，他發現有人把車停得太近了，這使他很難把車開出停車場。
A string of oaths came out of the man's mouth as he contemplated banging his car into the offending car.
男人說了一連串的臟話，打算撞向那輛討厭的擋路車。
Then, just as he lets out that stream of violent energy, a woman walking down the street nearby—who actually didn't hear what the man said—did exactly what the devil had told the man to do, which was to take this pain and pass it along.
就在他發泄那股暴烈的怨氣時，一個女人正從街上走過來。女人并沒有聽到男人罵了些什么，然而男人遵照魔鬼的指示:承受這些痛苦，并把它帶給別人。
That woman picked up the man's pain and never even knew it, never saw it, never felt it going into her.
就把痛苦傳給了她，而她卻完全沒有意識到那看不見，摸不著的痛苦正在慢慢向自己襲來。
The moment that pain entered into the woman walking down the street,she looked in a store window and saw a co-worker who had said something to her yesterday.
就在痛苦侵襲了街上那女人的時候，她恰好看見昨天曾和自己說了些什么的同事在逛商店。
Now she knew why she was in pain because there was the idiot that made her feel that way.
現在她終于明白自己為什么會痛苦，因為讓她痛苦不堪的笨蛋就在商店里。
The woman in the shop looked out and saw the woman looking in with a scowl on her face,and felt the pain that woman was passing to her.
商店里的那個女人往外張望，恰好看見了街上正怒視著店內的女人，她感受到了這個女人正在傳遞給她的痛苦。
The minute the woman in the store felt it, she began to think of her son who had gotten bad grades and who continued to resist the education that was necessary.
就在這一刻，她開始響起自己成績又差又厭學的兒子。
She made up her mind that when she got home, she was going to ground him and really show him something.
于是她下定決心回家之后一定要讓他嘗嘗大人的厲害。
And to the devil's delight, the pain was passed along endlessly to unsuspecting human beings.
讓魔鬼高興的是，這種痛苦就這樣不斷地在毫無防備的人類世界蔓延開來。
