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60. The Astronomer

An Astronomer used to go out of a night to obse
rve the stars. One evening, as he wandered through the suburbs with his whole attention fixed on the sky, he fell unawares into a deep well. While he lamented and bewailed his sores and bruises, and cried loudly for he
lp, a neighbour ran to the well, and learning what had happened, said: "Hark ye, old fellow, why, in striving to pry into what is in heaven, do you not manage to see what is on earth?"
60. 天文学家
一位天文学家,常常在晚上到外面去观察星象。 有一天晚上,他走到郊外,只顾着望着天空,不知不觉跌落到一个深井中。 他受了伤,哭得很伤心,便大声呼救,一个邻居跑到井边来,问明原因,便说:「老头儿,你得明白,你总是只专心观察天上的东西,反而忽略地上的东西呢!」



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