Lesson 93. One Good Turn Deserves Another
第93課 善有善報
One good turn deserves another. That's the lesson five store clerks learned recently.
“善有善報”是五名店員最近學到的一課。
Every day a strange old man came to their supermarket to buy groceries.
每天,一位陌生的老先生都會到他們的超市來買雜貨。
"Once he came in wearing only one shoe," recalled one of the clerks.
其中一名店員回想到:“有一次他進來時只穿著一只鞋子?!?/div>
And although he grumbled a lot and they often had to stand there listening to him, he was a nice old man.
雖然他經常發牢騷并且他們得站在那里聽他抱怨,但他仍然是個心地不壞得老先生。
The clerks befriended him and even helped him carry his groceries.
那幾個店員待他像朋友一樣,甚至還幫他拿他買的雜貨。
One day when he fell ill with cancer, they even visited him in the hospital.
有一天他得了癌癥,他們還到醫院看望他。
The old man turned out to be a retired doctor.
那位老先生原來是一名退休得醫師。
And, of course, when he died, he didn't die a pauper.
當然,他臨終時并非是個窮光蛋。
He left US$70,000 in his will to thank them for their kindness.
他在他的遺囑中留下7萬美元來感謝他們的好心。