101 葡萄园里的宝藏

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A long time ago in a small village, an old man lived with his three sons

很久以前，在一个小村庄里，有位老人和他的三个儿子住在一起。

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One son was tall and skinny

一个儿子又高又瘦。

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Another son was short and fat

另一个儿子又矮又胖。

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The third son was somewhere in between

第三个儿子不高不矮，不胖不瘦。

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The old man loved his sons very much

老人非常爱他的儿子们。

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But there was one thing about them that he disliked

但他有一点不喜欢他们。

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He disliked the fact that they were lazy

他不喜欢他们懒惰。

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The man tried everything to encourage his sons to work hard

老人想尽办法鼓励儿子们勤劳工作。

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He told them they would be rich

他告诉他们，他们会变得富有。

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He told them they would marry beautiful brides

他告诉他们，他们会娶到美丽的新娘。

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He told them that they would be happy and proud in their old age

他告诉他们，年老时他们会快乐、自豪。

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The lazy sons didn't listen because they weren't interested in work at all

懒惰的儿子们根本不听，因为他们对工作毫无兴趣。

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The first son liked to talk

大儿子喜欢闲聊。

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The second son liked to eat

二儿子贪吃。

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The third son liked to drink

三儿子嗜酒。

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However, each thought work was boring

然而，他们都觉得工作很无聊。

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Many years passed, and the lazy sons still lived at home

许多年过去了，懒惰的儿子们仍住在家里。

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The tall son was still skinny

高个子儿子还是那么瘦。

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The short son was even fatter

矮个子儿子更胖了。

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The third son was now bald

三儿子现在秃了顶。

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The old man was very old, very sick, and too tired to work

老人年事已高，病得很重，累得没法干活了。

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His farm was falling into disrepair, and the vineyard was overgrown and neglected

他的农场日渐破败，葡萄园也杂草丛生，无人打理。

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One night, the old man called his sons into his room

一天晚上，老人把儿子们叫到他的房间。

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" My sons, I am very old, very sick, and very tired

“我的儿子们，我已经很老了，病得很重，也非常疲惫。

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I will not live much longer

我活不了多久了。

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There is something that I must tell you before I die

在我死之前，有件事必须告诉你们。

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I have hidden something very special in the vineyard

我在葡萄园里藏了一样非常特别的东西。

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Find it and it is yours."

找到它，它就归你们了。”

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The old man passed away that night, and in the morning the sons talked

那天夜里老人去世了，第二天早晨，儿子们谈论起来。

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The first son asked," What do you think Father hid in the vineyard?"

大儿子问道：“你们觉得父亲在葡萄园里藏了什么？”

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" Don't know," the second son replied," but he must have put it there years ago

“不知道，”二儿子答道，“但他一定是多年前放在那里的。

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He has been too old, too sick, and too tired to go into the vineyard for many years."

这么多年来，他年迈体弱，疲惫不堪，根本没法去葡萄园。”

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" I agree," said the first son," but what do you think it could be?"

“我同意，”大儿子说，“但你觉得那会是什么呢？”

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The third son guessed," It must be money, and a lot of it

三儿子猜测道：“肯定是钱，而且是一大笔钱。

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This farm was rich once

这个农庄曾经富裕过。

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If we find that money, we'll never have to work."

如果我们找到那笔钱，就再也不用干活了。”

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The sons set to work immediately

儿子们立刻行动起来。

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They cleared the overgrown vineyard of weeds, bushes, and plants

他们清理了杂草丛生、灌木遍布的葡萄园。

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Then they began to dig

然后，他们开始挖掘。

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Each dug very quickly because each son wanted to be the one to find the treasure

每个人都挖得飞快，因为谁都希望自己是找到宝藏的那个人。

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Several years passed, but the sons did not find the treasure

几年过去了，但儿子们始终没有找到宝藏。

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The sons had changed

儿子们变了。

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The first was tall and muscular; he was no longer skinny

老大变得高大健壮，他不再骨瘦如柴。

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The second son had lost a lot of weight, so he was no longer fat

老二瘦了许多，因此不再肥胖。

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The third son was still bald, but he no longer looked old because he was so healthy from hard work

老三依然秃顶，但因为辛勤劳作而格外健康，所以看起来不再苍老。

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Each son married a beautiful bride

每个儿子都娶了一位美丽的新娘。

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There was also one other change

还有一个其他的变化。

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The farm was prosperous again because the vineyard had been cleared and cared for by the brothers

农庄再次兴旺起来，因为葡萄园得到了兄弟们的清理和照料。

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The lazy sons were wealthy, but not from treasure

懒惰的儿子们富有了，但并非因为宝藏。

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The wealth had come from their own hard work

这财富来自他们自己的辛勤劳动。

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And they all lived happily ever after

从此，他们过上了幸福的生活。