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今天我们英语阅读系列要一起阅读的文章是The Lazy Dreamer 一个懒惰的梦想家
这个梦想家到底有多么的懒惰呢？快让我们一起来看看吧。
Once, in a small village, there lived a poor Brahmin. He was very learned, but did nothing all day. He lived on the alms the villagers gave him every day.
One day, as usual, the Brahmin got up in the morning, performed his morning rituals and set out to beg for alms. As he went from door to door, people gave him several things. Some gave dal. Others gave him rice and yet others gave him vegetables. But one generous lady gave the Brahmin a large measure of flour.
“Ah! What good luck. I will not have to beg for alms for a long time," thought the Brahmin to himself.
He went home and cooked his lunch. After he had eaten, the Brahmin put the flour into a large mud pot and hung it near his bed. “Now, it will be safe from rats," he said to himself as he lay down in his cot for an afternoon nap.
He began to think, “I will save this flour until there is a famine. Then I will sell it at a very good price. With that, I will buy a pair of goats. Very soon, I will have a large flock of goats. With their milk, I will make more money. Then I will buy a cow and a bull. Very soon I will also have a large herd of cows. Their milk will fetch me a lot of money. I will become very wealthy. I will build for myself, a huge palace and get married to a beautiful woman... Then we will have a little son. I will be a proud father. In a few months my son will start crawling. He will be mischievous and I will be very worried that he may come to some harm. 1 will call out to my wife to take care of him. But she will be busy with house work and will ignore my call. I will get so angry. I will kick her to teach her a lesson like this..."
The Brahmin threw out his leg up. His foot hit the pot of flour hanging overhead and it came down with a resounding crash, spilling the flour all over the dirty floor. The lazy Brahmin realised that his foolishness and vanity had cost him a precious measure of flour. The laziness and foolishness taught him a lesson. Thereafter he lived an active life which took to heights.
很久以前，在一个小村庄里住着一个可怜的婆罗门。他很有学问，但整天无所事事。他靠村民每天给他的施舍来维持生活。
有一天，像往常一样，婆罗门在早晨起床，履行他的早晨仪式，并开始乞讨施舍。他挨家挨户地乞讨，村民给了他几件东西。有些人给了木豆。其他人给了他米饭，其他人给了他蔬菜。但是一位慷慨的女士给婆罗门一大堆面粉。
“啊！祝你好运。“我不必乞求施舍很久了，”婆罗门对自己说。
他回家吃午饭。他吃完后，婆罗门把面粉放进一个大泥锅里，把它挂在床上。“现在，它将是安全的，不必担心老鼠偷吃，”他对自己说，他躺在他的床上午睡。
他开始想：“我要把这面面粉保存起来，直到有饥荒出现。”然后我会以很好的价格出售。这样，我就买一双山羊。很快，我会有一大群山羊。有了他们的奶，我会赚更多的钱。然后我会买一头奶牛和一头公牛。很快我也会有一大群奶牛。他们的牛奶会给我带来很多钱。我会变得非常富有。我会为自己建造一座巨大的宫殿，和一位美丽的女人结婚……然后我们会有一个小儿子。我会是一个骄傲的父亲。几个月后，我儿子就会开始爬行了。他会调皮捣蛋的，我很担心他会受到一些伤害。我会叫我妻子来照顾他。但她会忙于家务，会忽略我的召唤。我会生气的。我会踢她教她这样的教训……”
婆罗门把腿甩了起来。他的脚碰到了悬挂在头顶上的面粉罐，它发出一声响亮的撞击声，把面粉洒在肮脏的地板上。懒惰的婆罗门意识到他的愚蠢和虚荣心使他损失了宝贵的面粉。懒惰和愚笨给了他一个教训。此后，他过着积极的生活。
