第47章 影子

六月裡的一天，青草對榆樹的影子說："你左右搖晃得過於頻繁了，你擾亂了我的安靜。" 影子答道："不是我，不是我。朝天空看吧。有一棵樹，在太陽和大地之間，在風中左右搖晃著哩。" 青草便抬起頭來，第一次看到了那榆樹。青草在心中忖思："哎，瞧瞧，有一棵比我還大的青草哩。" 於是青草就默不作聲了。 The Shadow Upon a June day the grass said to the shadow of an elm tree, "You move to right and left over-often, and you disturb my peace."

And the shadow answered and said, "Not I, not I. Look skyward. There is a tree that moves in the wind to the east and to the west, between the sun and the earth." And the grass looked up, and for the first time beheld the tree. And it said in its heart, "Why, behold, there is a larger grass than myself."

And the grass was silent.