Come and see, Jan. Look! I have done it at last! I have done it at last!

There he was, holding a small box of earth in his had. I observed three tiny shoots out of it.

And there were only three! he said, his eyes laughing to heaven.

Three what? I asked.

Peach stones, he replied. Ive always wanted to make peach stones grow, even since I was a child, when I used to take them home after a party, or as a man after a banquet. And I used to plant them, and then forgot where I planted them. But now at last I have done it, and, whats more, I had only three stones, and there you are, one, two, three shoots, he counted.

And Sir Henry ran off, calling for his wife to come and see his achievement-his achievement of simplicity.

仔细观察一个小孩，随便哪个小孩都行。你会发现，他每天都会发现一两件令他快乐的事情，尽管过一会儿他可能会哭哭啼啼。再看看一个大人，我们中间任何人都行。你会发现，一周复一周，一月又一月，他总是以无可奈何的心情迎接新的一天的到来，以温文尔雅、满不在乎的心情忍受这一天的消逝。确实，大多数人都跟罪人一样苦恼难受，尽管他们太百无聊赖，连罪恶都不犯---也许他们的冷漠就是他们的罪孽。真的， 他们难得一笑。如果他们偶尔笑了，我们会认不出他们的容貌，他们的脸会扭曲走样，不再是我们习以为常的固定不变的面具。即使在笑的时候，大人也不会像小孩儿那样，小孩儿用眼睛表示笑意，大人只用嘴唇。这实际上不是笑，只是咧咧嘴，表示一种心情，但跟快乐无关。然而，人人都能发现，人到了一定地步(但又有谁能解释这是什么地步呢?)，成了老人，他又会笑了。

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