Facing Calamity 面对厄运

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   A girl grumbled to her father about her hard life. She did not know what she had to do and wanted to give up. She felt tired for fighting and fighting. One problem has been finished but the other came over.
   Her father, a cook, took her into the kitchen. He poured water into three pans and boiled them. After boiling, in the first pan was put some carrots, in the second one was put some eggs and in the last one was put with coffee. He waited for them for a few minutes without any words from his mouth.
   The girl closed her mouth and waited impatiently, confused by what her father did. After approximately 20 minutes, her father turned off the stove, took out the carrots and put them in a bowl. He took the eggs and put them in a bowl. After that the coffee was poured into a cup.
   Turning back to his daughter, he asked,“ My sweet heart, what do you see?” “Carrots, eggs and coffee!” She replied.
   Her father told her to close her eyes and asked her to touch the carrots. She did and felt that the carrots were soft. After that he asked her to take the eggs and break them. After peeling them, she got the eggs, cooked and hard. The last, the father asked her to smell the coffee. She asked, “What’s the meaning, father?” He explained that each had suffered the same unfortunate experience—the boiling water, but each had a different reaction. The strong and hard carrots had become soft and weak after being in the boiling water. The fragile eggs with thin epidermis covering the liquid interior became hard after cooked. The coffee grounds were very unique, but they could change water.
   “Who are you?” asked the father, “When calamity knocks at your door, what is your reaction? Are you carrots, eggs or coffee?”
  
   有个女孩对父亲抱怨生活艰难,说自己有些无所适从,因而打算放弃。她觉得争来争去身心俱疲,而生活中的问题总是一个刚刚了结,另一个又不期而至。
   女孩的父亲是位厨师。他将女儿带进厨房,在三口锅中分别加入水,然后放在炉火上煮。水开之后,他在第一口锅里放入一些胡萝卜,在第二口锅里放入几个鸡蛋,在第三口锅里放入咖啡。父亲一言不发,默默地等待着。
   女孩对父亲所做的事不明就里,绷着嘴巴,不耐烦地等待着。大约过了二十分钟,父亲关掉炉火,先把胡萝卜捞出来放在一个碗中,而后将鸡蛋取出搁在一个碗中,最后将煮好的咖啡倒入一只杯中。
   接着父亲转身面向女儿,问道:“宝贝女儿,你看到了什么?”女儿回答说:“胡萝卜、鸡蛋和咖啡呗。”
   父亲让女儿闭上双眼去触摸那些胡萝卜。女儿摸了摸,感觉到胡萝卜软软的。然后父亲叫女儿拿来鸡蛋打破。剥皮之后,女儿得到的是煮熟的鸡蛋,硬硬的。最后父亲让女儿闻一闻咖啡,女儿一脸疑惑地问道:“爸爸,这是什么意思?”父亲解释说:“胡萝卜、鸡蛋和咖啡同样经历一次不幸,也就是沸水的煎熬,但是它们的反应却不尽相同。又硬又实的胡萝卜在沸水中煮过后变得柔软无力。不堪一击的鸡蛋,外面仅有一层薄薄的蛋壳包着里面的蛋浆,在煮过之后却变得硬起来。咖啡末儿非常独特,竟然改变了水!”
   父亲问道:“当厄运临头的时候,你又是什么样的人呢?你会做出什么反应?你会是胡萝卜,鸡蛋,还是咖啡?”
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