英語勵志美文：雄鷹

摘抄：朋友們，你們生成就是雄鷹。造物主有意把你培養成一隻雄鷹，所以不要聽信山雞的話!

A boy found an eagle's egg and he put it in the nest of a prairie chicken. The eagle hatched and thought he was a chicken. He grew up doing what prairie chicken do-scratching at the dirt for food and flying short distances with a noisy fluttering of wings. It was a dreary life. Gradually the eagle grew older and bitter. One day he and his prairie chicken friend saw a beautiful bird soaring on the currents of air, high above the mountains.

一個小男孩發明了一隻老鷹下的蛋，把它放進了一隻山雞的窩裏。鷹被孵出來了，但他認爲本人是一隻山雞。匆匆的他長大了，卻做着山雞所做的事---從土壤裏尋找食品，做短間隔的翱翔，翅膀還啪啪作響。生涯十分煩悶，慢慢地鷹長大了，也越來越苦惱。有一天，他跟他的山雞友人看見一隻漂亮的鳥在天空飛翔，飛的比山還高。

“Oh, I wish I could fly like that!” said the eagle. The chicken replied, “Don't give it another thought. That's the mighty eagle, the king of all birds-you could never be like him!” And the eagle didn't give it another thought. He went on cackling and complaining about life. He died thinking he was a prairie chicken. My friends, you too were born an eagle. The Creator intended you to be an eagle, so don't listen to the prairie chickens!

“哦，我要能飛的那麼高該多好啊!”鷹說。山雞答覆說，“不要想了，那是兇悍無比的鷹，鳥中之王---你不可能像他一樣!”於是鷹廢棄了那個動機。他持續咯咯地叫，不停的埋怨生活。最後他逝世了，仍然以爲自己是一隻山雞。朋友們，你們生成就是雄鷹。造物主有意把你培養成一隻雄鷹，所以不要聽信山雞的話!