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一个女人走出房门，看到三个老人坐在她家的院子里，三个人都留着长长的白胡子。她从没见过他们。于是她说："我想我不认识你们，但是你们一定饿了吧。进来吃点儿东西吧 "男主人在家吗？”他们问道。"没有，"她回答说，“他出去了。”‘‘那我们不进去了。"三个陌生人说道。 夜幕降临,女人的丈夫回家了。她告诉他事情经过。“去告诉他们我回来了，请他们进来。"女人出去请三个陌生人进来。"我们三个从不一起进一家门。"他们说。“为什么？”她问。 其中一个老人道："他叫‘财富’。”一面说，一面指着他的一个朋友。接着又指着另一个说道："他叫‘成功’，我是‘爱’。"然后他又说：“现在你可以进去和你的丈夫商量一下，想请我们哪一个进屋。” 女人进去跟她的丈夫说了。她的丈夫欣喜若狂。 "真是天上掉馅儿饼!”他说，“既然如此，我们就请财富进来。如此一来，我们家就发财了。” 他的妻子却不赞同。"亲爱的，为什么不把成功请进来？”他们的儿媳在房子一隅听到他们的谈话，于是进来说：“请‘爱’进来不是更好吗？那样我们家里就会充满爱啦。” ‘‘让我们听儿媳的建议吧，"丈夫对妻子说，“去把‘爱’请进来做客吧。” 妻子走出门问了位老人：“哪一位是‘爱’请进屋。” 听她这么说，‘爱’站起来,准备进屋。另外两个老人也站起来，尾随其后。女人非常惊讶，问财富和成功：“我只请‘爱’，你们为什么也进来了？" 三个老人齐声说：“如果你请进财富和成功，另外两个人不会进去。但是既然你邀请了‘爱’，无论他去哪儿，我们都紧紧跟随。爱之所至,必然会带来财富和成功！” Invitation A woman came out of her house and saw 3 old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said, “I don’t think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat.，’ “Is the man of the house home?”，they asked. “No”，she said, “he’s out. ’’ “Then we cannot come in.” They replied. In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened. “Go tell them I am home and invite them in!” The woman went out and invited the men in. “We do not go into the house together.” They replied. “Why is that?” She wanted to know. One of the old men explained, “His name is Wealth,” he said pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one, “He is Success, and I am Love." Then he added, “Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home. The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was over joyed .“How nice!”，he said, “Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth! ’， His wife disagreed, “My dear, why don’t we invite Success?” Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion, “would it not be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!” “Let us heed our daughter-in-law’s advice,” said the husband to his wife. “Go out and invite Love to be our guest. ’’ The woman went out and asked the 3 old men, “Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest. ” Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other 2 also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success, “I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?" The old men replied together, “If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would’ve stayed out, but since you invited Love, Wherever He goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!” |
