影子

六月里的一天，青草对榆树的影子说："你左右摇晃得过于频繁了，你扰乱了我的安静。"

影子答道："不是我，不是我。朝天空看吧。有一棵树，在太阳和大地之间，在风中左右摇晃着哩。"

青草便抬起头来，第一次看到了那榆树。青草在心中忖思："哎，瞧瞧，有一棵比我还大的青草哩。"

于是青草就默不作声了。

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.