英語故事:靈魂的清泉

【英文原文】

摘要：有一個勞改犯人在外出修路的過程中，在路上撿到了1000元錢。他不假思索的把它交了上去。

A prisoner picked up 1,000yuan in the course of building the road outside the prison. He handed it out without hesitation. However, someone in charge of the prison said to him in contempt, “Stop cheating! With your own money, play such a trick to bribe me; what you want to gain back is the reduced sentence; people of your sort are not honest.”

In total despair, the prisoner believed that no one in the world would trust him any more. So he escaped from prison that night.

On his way to flight, he plundered money and values without restraint. After plundering enough pelf, he took a train bound for the border. The carriages were so crowded that he had to stand close to a water closet. At this moment, a quite beautiful girl walked into the closet, and found that the latch was broken when she closed the door. She stepped out and whispered to him, “Sir, could you guard the door for me?”

In a daze for a second, he, looking into the pure eyes of the girl, nodded his head. The girl went into the closet with a blush; and he guarded the door tightly like a loyal guard.

At that very moment, he changed his mind suddenly. At the next stop he got off the train, and went to give himself up to the police at the train station.

Trust is the most precious thing in this world. It cannot be bought, or gained by lure or force. It comes deep from one’s soul, and lives in the clear spring of the soul. It can redeem the soul and make the soul and make the heart full of purity and confidence.

【中文譯文】

有一個勞改犯人在外出修路的過程中，在路上撿到了1000元錢。他不假思索的把它交了上去。可是，有人卻輕蔑的對他說：“你別來這一套，拿自己的錢，變着花樣賄賂我，想換減刑的資本，你們這號人就是不老實。”

囚犯萬念俱灰，心想，這世界上再也不會有人相信他了。晚上，他越獄了。

在亡命的途中，他大肆搶劫錢財，準備外逃。在搶得足夠的錢財後，他乘上開往邊境的火車。火車上很擠，他只好站在廁所旁。這時，有一位十分漂亮的姑娘走進廁所，關門時卻發現門扣壞了。她走出來，輕聲對他說：“先生，你能爲我把門嗎？”

他一愣，看着姑娘純潔的眼神，他點點頭，姑娘紅着臉進了廁所。而他像個忠誠的衛士一樣，嚴守着門。

在那一剎那，他突然改變了主意。到了下一站，他下車了，到車站派出所投案自首。

在這世界上，信任是一種彌足珍貴的東西，沒有人能用金錢買得到，也沒有人可用利誘和武力爭取得到，它來自一個人的靈魂深處，也活在靈魂裏的清泉，它可以拯救靈魂，讓心靈充滿純潔和自信。