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.

一个男人在前往富人们住所的路上。正当他沿着道路前进的时候，他看见路边有着一盒子苹果。他说：“我又不想吃这些苹果；而且富人会给我比这多得多食物，那会是棒极了的美食。”然后他便拾起那些苹果并把它们扔弃到尘土中。

他继续前进，来到了河边。河水涨得很厉害，所以他无法越过这条河了。他等待了一会，然后他说：“我今天看来是无法到富人家了，因为我无法渡过这条河。”

他开始回家了。那天他没有吃东西。他开始想吃东西了。他找到了那些苹果，开心的从尘土中拾起吃掉了。

不要扔掉那些好东西，也许某些时候你会很高兴拥有它们。