The Feather Pen and the Inkstand
羽毛笔和墨水瓶
There was an inkstand on the desk in a poet's room.
有一个诗人的房间桌上放着墨水。
Some strange sounds came out of the bottle.
一些奇怪的声音从瓶子里传出来。
"How amazing! Anything can come out of that inkstand."The inkstand was proud of herself when she heard that.
"多么伟大啊!墨水瓶什么都可以写出来的。"听到这些墨水瓶顿时骄傲起来。
"Yes, I am unbelievable." The inkstand told this to a feather pen and other writing materials.
"是的,我是如此地难以置信。"墨水瓶告诉了羽毛笔和其他书写用品。
"Sometimes, even I am amazed by what comes out of me. One drop of me is enough to fill half a piece of paper."
"有时候,连我自己都感到惊讶。我的一滴就足以填满半张纸了。"
The inkstand had no idea what was inside of her.
墨水瓶不知道自己的身体里面装的是什么。
But she thought she had everything.
但她认为她拥有一切。
"Don't you think about yourself at all?
"难道你自己从来没有想过吗?
If you had a chance to think about who you really are, you would have found out that the only thing that you can do is drop ink."
如果你有好好想想你是谁,你就会发现,你唯一可以做的就是滴墨水。
The feather pen said that he was the one who wrote on the paper.
羽毛笔说,他是唯一一位可以在写纸上写作的工具。
The inkstand and the feather pen had an argument.
墨水瓶和羽毛笔争论不休。
"You idiot, the poet can write his poems only because of me."
"你这个白痴,诗人之所以能写诗只因为我。"
The feather pen said that the only thing the inkstand can do is give him ink.
羽毛笔说墨水瓶唯一能做的就是给他墨水而已。
They kept arguing."Inkstand! You don't know anything. People cannot write without a pen."
他们一直在争论着。"墨水瓶!你什么都不知道。没有羽毛人是无法写字的。"
"Without me, you are just a shabby little bird feather." The inkstand laughed at the feather pen。
"没有我,你只是一个破旧的小鸟的羽毛而已。"墨水瓶反讽道。
At that moment, the poet came back from a concert.
这时,诗人从音乐会上回来了。
He opened the inkstand to write a poem.
他打开墨水瓶写了一首诗。
He started to write about the fantastic violin performance of that night.
他开始描述那晚的精彩小提琴表演。
"The sound of the violin was just magnificent. But people think it is easy to play the violin."
"小提琴的声音很动听。但是人们认为拉小提琴很容易。"
The poet had a different opinion from those of other people.
诗人跟其他人的看法不同。
He wrote that the wonderful violin performance was because of the player's ability.
他写道,精彩的小提琴表演是因为演奏者的功力。
Neither the inkstand nor the feather pen could recognize that their abilities were all precious until then.
直到那时墨水瓶和羽毛笔才意识到他们的才能都是宝贵的。
They are a gift from God.
因为他们是上帝赐予的礼物。