雙語散文:河流與岩石

A river was running towards the valley and the plain, but when it came to a rock, it was afraid and started trembling.

The rock said:"Hi, where are you going?"
　　The river said timidly:"I'm going to the valley and the plain. They are waiting for me."

The rock made fun of the river and said:"You are still very young. Go back to the hill immediately, and don't come back here again!"

Startled, the river said:"I can only go forwards. There is no river that goes backwards."

The rock became angry and said,"Speak no More! If you don't go back, you will have to change your direction!"

The river helplessly asked,"Where should I go?"
　　"You go anywhere you like, just don't come close to me!"

More and more water gathered as the river hesitated. Then it began to get out of control. The river surged over the rock. When it saw the rock being tossed about pitifully, it said,"Only a weak person will make a detour. A person who is strong will only go ahead, and nothing will stop him!"

一條河流向山谷和平原，但當流到一塊岩石邊時，它因害怕而開始顫抖。

岩石說：“嗨！你要去哪裏？”
　　河羞怯的說：“我要去山谷和平原那裏。它們在等着我呢。”

岩石戲弄河說：“你還很小，馬上回到山裏，別再回到這裏來！”
　　河感到吃驚，說：“我只能往前流。河絕不會倒流。”

岩石發起了火，說：“別再說了！你要不倒流，那就必須改變流向！”
　　河無奈的說：“那我該怎麼辦呢？”

“你愛怎麼流就怎麼流，只是別靠近我！”

在河猶豫的當兒，水流越聚越多，隨後就開始失控了。河洶涌着漫過岩石。看到岩石被可憐的衝來衝去，河說：“只有弱者纔會繞道，強者只會勇往直前，任何東西都無法阻擋它！”