慷慨的农夫

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One year, a terrible drought hit the villages along the Volga. 有一年，伏尔加河沿岸的村庄遭了大旱。

The crops shrivelled, winter set in, 庄稼全旱死了，寒冬也跟着来了，

and whole families took to the roads as beggars. 一家家老小全沦落到了四处讨饭的境地。

But one peasant, Flor Silin, 但有个叫弗洛尔·西林的农夫，

had farmed so carefully that his barns were still full of grain. 因为平日种地格外精心，粮仓里还堆得满满当当。

It was the perfect chance to get rich; 这本是个发大财的绝好机会，

people would have paid anything. 那时候只要有粮，别人出多少钱都愿意买。

Instead, he called his poorest neighbors together. 可他却把最穷的一帮邻居全叫到了跟前。

"You need grain," he said. 他说：“你们缺粮食，

"I have plenty. “我这儿多得是。

Help me thresh it, and take whatever your families need." 来帮我打打谷子，家里需要多少就尽管拿多少。”

Word spread, and hungry people came from miles around. 消息很快传开了，方圆几里挨饿的人全赶了过来。

He turned no one away. 他一个都没拒之门外。

Eventually his wife begged him to stop before they had nothing left for themselves. 到后来妻子求他赶紧停手，再送下去自家连吃的都不剩了。

He just said, "Give, and it will be given back to you." 他只回了句：“尽管给吧，付出的善意总会回来的。”

The next year, the rain returned and the harvest was huge. 第二年雨水回来了，庄稼迎来了大丰收。

His neighbors turned up at his door with sacks of grain to repay him. 邻居们扛着一袋袋粮食登门来还他。

Flor Silin shook his head. 弗洛尔·西林却摇了摇头。

"I don't need it. “我用不着这些，

My own harvest was more than enough. 我自己收的粮食自家吃都吃不完。

But there are families who couldn't even plant last autumn. 可还有些人家去年秋天连种都没播上，

Give it to them." 把粮给他们吧。”

And so the grain he'd given away simply kept on going. 就这样，他当初送出去的粮食就这么一直传递了下去。

Some kindness isn't meant to be paid back. 有些善意，从来不是为了求回报的，

It's meant to be passed on. 它是为了被一直传递下去的。