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孩子們的閑談
One day, some children got together and were talking to each other. They all lived in wealthy families.
有一天，一些孩子聚在一起閑聊。他們的家境都很富裕。
One girl spoke confidently, "My family is very rich. My parents studied a lot."
其中一個女孩自信地說：“我家里很富有。我的父母都是學富五車的知識分子。”
One boy was listening to the girl and said, " 'If your name ends with '-sen', you will be miserable.' Well, I feel lucky I have no '-sen' at the end of my name."
有個男孩聽了女孩的話后說：“要是名字結尾帶有森的話，你的人生會很悲慘。很慶幸我的名字末尾沒有森。”
Then, the girl spoke again. "You're right. I have a friend whose name is 'Martsen', and his family is so poor."
然后，女孩開口說道：“你說的對。我有個朋友名叫馬森，而且他家里很窮。”
Another boy said holding up his head confidently, "My father is in a high position. Everybody is afraid of him."
另一個男孩抱著腦袋說道：“我父親地位很高。人人都懼怕他。”
At that moment, one boy was listening to this conversation behind a door.
就在這時，門后面的一個男孩聽到了這段對話。
He was poor, and his name ended with '-sen'. He could not mix with the children because he was so poor.
他很窮，而且他的名字叫“森”。他無法跟這些孩子們在一起玩，就是因為他太窮了。
'This is so sad. I can never be a great man.' He envied all the children in the room.
我的生活真悲慘。我永遠都不會有什么偉大的成就，他羨慕所有房間里的孩子。
As time went by, the children all grew up. A millionaire was living in the town.
隨著時間的流逝，孩子們漸漸長大。據說城市住著一位百萬富翁。
A lot of people wanted to visit his house. "This is such a wonderful house. Whose house is this?"
很多人都想去他家拜訪。多么漂亮的房子啊。是誰住著這么好的房子？”
The owner of the house was the poor boy. The boy grew up to be a great sculptor.
房子的主人正是當初那個可憐的男孩。男孩長大后成為一名著名的雕塑家。
Even though he was not born rich, and his name ended with '-sen', the boy became a great man.
雖然他并不是含著金湯匙出生，并且他的名字叫“森”，但是男孩還是成了一個偉大的人。
The children in the room were all wrong.
那時候房間里的孩子們所說的話都錯了。
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