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"'Well,' asked the wise man, 'did you see the Persian tapestries that are hanging in my dining hall?
“大師問道：‘你看見我餐廳里的波斯壁毯了嗎？
Did you see the garden that it took the master gardener ten years to create? Did you notice the beautiful parchments in my library?'"
你看見園藝大師耗時十年培育的花園了嗎？你留意我圖書館里那些漂亮的羊皮紙文獻了嗎？’”
"The boy was embarrassed, and confessed that he had observed nothing.
“少年很不好意思，坦白說他什么也沒看到。
His only concern had been not to spill the oil that the wise man had entrusted to him."
當時他唯一關注的是不要讓那兩滴油灑出來，因為那是智者托付他辦的事。”
"'Then go back and observe the marvels of my world,' said the wise man. 'You cannot trust a man if you don't know his house.'"
“‘那你就再去看一看我城堡中的奇珍異寶吧。’智慧大師說，‘如果你不了解一個人的家，就不能信任他。’”
"Relieved, the boy picked up the spoon and returned to his exploration of the palace,
“少年放松下來，拿起茶匙，重新開始在城堡里漫步。
this time observing all of the works of art on the ceilings and the walls.
這一次，他注意到了掛在天花板上和墻壁上的那些藝術品，
He saw the gardens, the mountains all around him, the beauty of the flowers, and the taste with which everything had been selected.
看到了花園，看到了周圍的山嶺，看到了嬌嫩的鮮花，看到每件藝術品都擺放得恰到好處。
Upon returning to the wise man, he related in detail everything he had seen."
再回到智慧大師面前時，他詳細地敘述了剛才看到的一切。”
"'But where are the drops of oil I entrusted to you?' asked the wise man."
“‘可我托付你拿著的那兩滴油在哪兒呢？’智慧大師問。”
"Looking down at the spoon he held, the boy saw that the oil was gone."
“少年一看那茶匙，發現油已經灑光了。”
"'Well, there is only one piece of advice I can give you,' said the wisest of wise men.
“‘這正是我要給你的唯一忠告。’智慧大師說，
'The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.'"
‘幸福的秘密就在于，既要看到世上的奇珍異寶，又要永遠不忘記勺里的那兩滴油。’”
The shepherd said nothing. He had understood the story the old king had told him.
牧羊少年沒說話。他聽懂了老人講述的故事。
A shepherd may like to travel, but he should never forget about his sheep.
牧羊人喜歡四處游蕩，但是永遠不會忘記他的羊群。
The old man looked at the boy and, with his hands held together, made several strange gestures over the boy's head.
老人看了看男孩，伸出雙手，在他頭頂上做了幾個奇怪的手勢，
Then, taking his sheep, he walked away.
然后便趕著羊群，揚長而去。
