A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, "I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat." Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust.

　　He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, "I cannot go to the rich man‘s house today, for I cannot get over the river."

　　He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them.

　　Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time.

一个人正往富人家走去。正当他独自走在路上，他看到路边有一箱不错的苹果。他说：“我不想吃这些苹果，那些富人会给我很多食物，很多好吃的食物。”然后他拿起苹果并把它们扔在土里。

     他继续走，来到河边。河涨水了，因此他不能过河。他等了一段时间；继而说：“我今天到不了富人家了，因为我没法过河。”

    他开始回家，这天他没有吃东西，他有点想吃了，走向那箱苹果，他很开心的从土里拿出它们并且吃掉。

   不要丢掉好的东西，换个时候你可能会高兴拥有它们。