美好的品�?/strong>
仅仅一个人独善其身，那实在是一种浪费。上天生下我们，是要把我们当做火炬，不是照亮自己，而是普照世界；因为我们的德行倘若不能推及他人，那就等于没有一样�?/p>
——［英］莎士比亚
山姆和哈�?/strong>
慈善不在于你捐出多少金钱，而在于你心中拥有多少善意。人们的行为可以伪装，但善意却无法掩藏。美国作家马克·吐温称善良为一种世界通用的语言，它可以使盲人“看到”、聋子“听到”。心存善良之人，他们的心滚烫，情火热，可以驱赶寒冷，横扫阴霾。善意产生善行，同善良的人接触，往往智慧得到开启，情操变得高尚，灵魂变得纯洁，胸怀更加宽阔。与善良之人相处，不必设防，心底坦然�?/p>
夏日里一个晴朗的午后，山姆走在从学校回家的路上。他独自慢慢地走着，边走边读着一本书�?/p>
山姆用他所有的零花钱买了这本书，读书让他觉得快乐�?/p>
现在，山姆要拐上大路了。那里有一扇门，一位盲人站在门边，使大门敞开着。这个可怜的人说：“请给我一点钱让我买点面包吧！”但是山姆什么也没有给他�?/p>
什么？山姆没有给那个可怜人一丁点东西？是的，因为我已经告诉过你，他把所有的钱都用来买那本书了�?/p>
山姆继续往回家走，心里却非常难过�?/p>
这时，他碰到一辆漂亮的四轮马车，哈利和他的妈妈坐在车上。盲人仍旧站在那儿，手里举着他的帽子。“哈，我们给这个可怜人施舍点东西吧！”哈利对妈妈说�?/p>
哈瑞的妈妈给了他一些分币。哈利拿在手里，但是，他并没有将钱放进盲人的帽子里�?/p>
哈利使出自己最大的力气把钱扔进了远处的树篱中。那个可怜人怎么能找到这些分币呢？你知道，他是个盲人�?/p>
山姆看见了这一切——那辆漂亮的马车，哈利把钱扔进了树篱中。他立刻跑回来，为那个盲人寻找那些分币，这费了他很长时间，以至于他差点没赶上吃晚饭�?/p>
你认为哪个男孩真正地怜悯那个可怜人�?/p>
我也知道那个可怜人心里最感激的是谁�?/p>
Sam and Harry
One fine summer afternoon, Sam was walking home from school. He went along slowly, reading a book�?/p>
Sam had spent all his money for the book, but he was a happy boy�?/p>
At length he came into the highroad, where there was a gate. A blind man stood, holding it open�?/p>
The poor man said, "Please give me a few cents to buy some bread!" But Sam gave him nothing �?/p>
What! did Sam give the poor blind man nothing? Yes, for, as I told you, he had spent all his money�?/p>
So Sam walked on, very sad. Soon after, a fine carriage came up, and in it were Harry and his mother�?/p>
The blind man stood, and held out his hat. "Let us give the poor man something," said Harry to his mother�?/p>
His mother gave him some cents. Harry took them, but did not put them into the man's hat�?/p>
He threw them into the hedge as far as he could. The poor man could not find them, for, you know, he was blind�?/p>
Sam had turned back to look at the fine carriage. He saw Harry throw the cents into the hedge; so he came back at once, and looked for the money until he found it all for the blind man. This took so long a time that he almost lost his supper�?/p>
Which of the boys do you think was truly kind to the poor man?
I know which he thanked most in his heart�?/p>
