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一个女人走出家门，看到三个老人，她对他们说：“我不认识你们，但你们一定是饿了，快进来吃点东西吧。”老人们问她：“你丈夫在家吗？” “不，他不在家。”她回答。“那我们不能进去。”老人们说。 到了晚上，丈夫回来了，妻子把当天发生的事告诉了丈夫。丈夫说：“去告诉他们我回来了，把他们请进来吧。”于是，妻子出门去请他们。可是三位老人说：“我们不能同时进去。”妻子疑惑地问：“为什么？”一位老人解释说：“他的名字叫财富。”说着他指了指其中的一位朋友。接着他又指向另一位朋友说：“他是成功，我是爱心。”介绍完后，老人补充说：“进去和你丈夫商量一下，你们想让哪一位进你们家。” 妻子进去后，把老人的话复述了一遍，丈夫很高兴。 “太好了，”他说，“如果是那样的话，咱们就邀请财富吧，让财富进来，让我们的生活富裕起来。”妻子不太同意，便对丈夫说：“亲爱的，我们为什么不邀请成功呢？”站在旁边听他们谈话的女儿说道：“邀请爱心不是更好一些吗，让我们的家处处充满爱。” 听后，丈夫对妻子说：“咱们就听女儿的吧！去把爱心老人当作贵客请进来。”于是妻子又来到三位老人的面前， 妻子对他们说道：“哪一位是爱心老人？请跟我进来吧！”爱心老人起身向房子里走去，其他两位老人也跟在后面。妻子很奇怪，便问财富和成功老人：“我只邀请了爱心老人，为什么你们两位也跟着进来了？”老人异口同声地回答道：“如果你邀请了财富或成功，其他两位就得待在外面；但既然你们邀请了爱心老人，无论他去哪里，我们都会跟着他，因为有爱的地方，同样也会有财富与成功。” Wealth, Success and Love A woman came out of her house and saw three 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 and tell them I am home and invite them in!” The woman went out and invited the men in. “We do not go into a 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 then pointed 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 very happy. “ 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 was listening to their talks. She said to her parents，“Would it not be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!” “Let us hear our daughter’s advice,”said the husband to his wife. “Go out and invite Love to be our guest. ” The woman went out and asked the three 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 two 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 have stayed out, but since you invited Love，wherever he goes， we go with him. Wherever there is Love，there is also Wealth and Success." |
