There was a little old lady who was nearly blind, and she had three sons who wanted to prove which one was the best to her.

從前有一個(gè)近乎失明的小老太，她有三個(gè)兒子，每一個(gè)都想向母親證明自己對(duì)她最好。

Son 1 bought her a 15-room mansion, thinking this would surely be the best that any of them could offer her.

第一個(gè)兒子為她買下一棟有15個(gè)房間的大屋，他覺(jué)得這是對(duì)母親最好的孝順?lè)绞?，其他兄弟都比不上?/div>

Son 2 bought her a beautiful Mercedes with a chauffeur included, thinking this would surely win her approval.

二兒子為她買了一輛漂亮的奔馳，還配了個(gè)司機(jī)。他也覺(jué)得他一定會(huì)贏了。

Son 3 had to do something even better, so he bought her a parrot that he had been training for 15 years to memorize the entire Bible. You could ask the parrot any verse in the Bible, and he could quote it word for word. What a gift that would be.

老三為母親買了一只鸚鵡。這只鸚鵡接受了15年的訓(xùn)練，能一字不落地背誦整部圣經(jīng)，并且不論你問(wèn)他什么，他都能從圣經(jīng)里原句引出。

Well, the old lady went to the first son and said, "Son, the house is just gorgeous, but it's really much too big for me. I only live in one room, and it's too large to clean and take care of. I really don't need the house, but thank you anyway." Then she confronted her second son with, "Son, the car is beautiful. It has everything you could ever want on it, but I don't drive and really don't like the chauffeur, so please return the car."

這位老太太對(duì)他的第一個(gè)兒子說(shuō)：“孩子，你買的房子很棒。但是它太大了，我只能睡一間屋，還要花時(shí)間去 打理剩下的房間，謝謝你，但我實(shí)在不需要它?！苯又龑?duì)二兒子說(shuō)：“你的車也很好，再不能找到比那更棒的車了，但我不會(huì)開(kāi)車，也不喜歡那個(gè)司機(jī)，所以你把它拿去推了吧！”

Next, she went to Son 3 and said, "Son, I just want to thank you for your most thoughtful gift. That chicken was delicious."

最后，她對(duì)她的小兒子說(shuō)：“孩子，我要感謝你最棒的禮物！那只雞實(shí)在是美味??！”

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