The Stone in the Road

A stone sat in the middle of the road. The farmer walked around it. "Not my problem," he said. The teacher walked around it. "Someone should move it," she said. The baker walked around it. "It has been there for weeks," he said. Then a small girl came. She put down her bag and pushed the stone. It did not move. She pushed again. It moved a little. The baker saw her. He came back and pushed too. The teacher saw them. She pushed too. The farmer saw all three. He pushed too, and the stone rolled away. Under the stone, there was a small bag of coins with a note: "For the one who moves the stone." The girl took one coin and gave the rest to the others. "Everyone pushed," she said.

【中文对照】 路中间有一块石头。 农夫绕着走开了。「不关我的事，」他说。 老师绕着走开了。「应该有人把它搬走，」她说。 面包师绕着走开了。「它在那儿好几个星期了，」他说。 然后来了一个小女孩。她放下包，去推那块石头。 石头没动。她又推了一次，动了一点点。 面包师看见了，回来一起推。 老师看见了，也一起推。 农夫看见三个人，也一起推，石头滚开了。 石头下面有一个小袋子，里面是金币，还有一张纸条： 「送给搬开石头的人。」 小女孩拿了一枚，把剩下的分给了其他人。 「每个人都推了，」她说。