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Here Alfred and Mary looked at each other, as if now quite satisfied that the nettle had not been made in vain.
在這里，艾爾弗雷德和瑪麗互相看了看，好像在知道蕁麻不是一無是處后感到很滿意。
But their grandfather still went on:
但他們的祖父還繼續說：
"Nettles are often useful in keeping young people in the right path.
“蕁麻通常有助于讓年輕人走上正確的道路。
When your sister begged you, Alfred, not to go near the ditch, you heeded her not;
艾爾弗雷德，妹妹懇求你不要到深溝附近去時，你沒有理會她；
but when the nettle pointed out your error, you were convinced of it in a moment."
但當蕁麻指出你的錯誤時，你馬上就相信了。”
"The nettle, moreover, teaches a useful lesson.
“此外，蕁麻還教授了一個有益的教訓。
Look at Alfred's fingers: they are not stung where he grasped the nettle firmly, but only in the parts that touched it lightly.
看著艾爾弗雷德的手指：他緊緊抓住蕁麻時，手指并不感到刺痛，但在輕輕觸碰它時，就會很疼。
Many little trials of the world are of the same character: give way to them, they annoy you;
世界上許多艱險之事具有相同的特點：在它們面前退卻，它會令你感到惱怒；
meet, them bravely, they injure you not, for you overcome them.
而勇敢直面它們，它們就不會傷害你，因為你戰勝了它們。
"Another excellent lesson to be got from the nettle is, to mind your own business, and not to meddle with that of other people.
“我們從蕁麻那學來的另一個教訓是，管好自己的事，不要干涉其他人。
Let the nettle alone—it never stings you; trespass upon it—you must take the consequences.
不去理蕁麻，它就不會刺痛你；你去招惹它，就必須承擔后果。
"I might say a good deal more;
“我還能說得更多，
but if the nettle assists in forming a wholesome food
但如果蕁麻有助于做出有益健康的食物，
—if it affords honey to the bee, shade and shelter to the ladybird and the spider
如果它給蜜蜂供給花蜜，為瓢蟲和蜘蛛提供遮陰和庇護，
—if it keeps young people in the proper path, and supplies us with useful lessons
如果它能使年輕人引上正確的道路，并為我們提供有益的教訓，
—you must allow that the stinging nettle has not been made in vain."
你們就一定會了解到刺痛人的蕁麻絕對不是一無是處。”
—Old Humphrey
—老韓福瑞
