英文原文

【英文原文】

摘要：一天，三个男人远足时意外的遇到一条波涛汹涌的大河。他们需要到河对岸去，但对如何过河一筹莫展。

One day, three men met with a huge river, when they were hiking. Though the waves were rolling on, they should cross the river. But they could find no way out about how to cross the river.

One of them prayed, “God, please give me the strength to swim over the river.” In a puff of wind, God granted to him strong, powerful arms and legs. It took him about two hours to swim over the river and for twice he was nearly drowned.

Having seen that, another man prayed to God, “My God, please endow me with the strength to cross the river and tools.” In a puff of wind, God gave him a boat. He spent around an hour rowing across the river, and also, his boat almost turned over for twice.

Having sighted the results of those two men, the third man prayed too, “God, please grant me with the strength and tools to cross the river and wisdom.” In a puff of wind, God turned him into a woman. She had a look at a map, and walked upward along the river for two hundred yards, and then crossed a bridge.

中文译文

【中文译文】

一天，三个男人远足时意外的遇到一条波涛汹涌的大河。他们需要到河对岸去，但对如何过河一筹莫展。

第一个人祈祷说：“上帝啊，请给我过河的力量。”噗！上帝赐予他粗壮的手臂和强健的腿。他花了约两个小时游过河，其间有两次几乎淹死。

看到这些，第二个人对上帝祈祷说：“上帝啊，请给我过河的力量……以及工具。”噗！上帝赐给他一条划艇。他花了约一个小时划船过河，其间有两次几乎翻船。

第三个人看到这两个人的结果，于是也祈祷说：“上帝啊，请给我过河的力量和工具……以及智慧.” 噗！上帝把他变成了一个女人。她看了看地图，朝着河上游走了两百码，然后过了桥。