Ｏne

day

ayoung

man

was

standing

in

the

middle

of

the

town

proclaiming

that

he

had

the

mostbeautiful

heart

in

the

whole

valley.A

large

crowd

gathered,and

they

all

admired

his

heart

for

it

was

perfect.There

was

not

a

flaw

in

it.

一天，一位年轻人站在城镇的中央，宣布他的心是整个山谷中最美丽的心。围观的人很多，他们都称赞年轻人的心是完美无缺，并没有一点伤痕瑕疵。

Ｓuddenly，an

old

man

appeared

and

said，"Your

heart

is

not

nearly

as

deautiful

asmine.”

突然，一位老人出现在人群中，说：“你的心不如我的美丽。”

Ｔhe

crowd

and

the

young

man

looked

at

tHe

old

man'heart.It

was

full

of

scars,it

had

places

where

pieces

had

been

removed

and

other

pieces

put

in,

but

they

didn't

fit

quite

right,and

there

were

several

jagged

edges.In

fact,piaces

there

were

deep

gouges

where

whoie

piecEs

were

missing.

围观着和年轻人都朝老人的心看去;它布满了伤疤，有的地方被挖去又重新填补上，但修补得不甚完整，留下一些参差不齐的疤痕。实际上，有的地方缺失了整块，甚至露出很深的豁口。

Ｔhe

young

man

laughed."Comparing

yuor

heart

with

mine,mine

is

perfect

aNd

yours

is

a

mess

of

scars.''

年轻人笑了起来：“比较一下我们两人的心就知道，我的是那么完美，而你的却是一堆伤疤。”

＂Ｙes,”said

the

oid

man

,"Yours

looks

perfect

but

I

would

never

trade

with

you.You

see,every

scar

represnts

a

person

to

whom

I

have

given

my

love.I

tear

our

a

piece

of

my

heart

and

give

it

to

them,and

often

they

give

me

a

piece

of

their

heart

that

fits

into

the

empty

place

in

my

heart.But

because

the

pieces

aren't

exact,I

have

some

rough

edges,which

I

cherish,because

they

remind

me

of

love

we

shared.”

“是的，”老人说，“你的心从表面看很完美，但我决不会跟你换。你看，每个伤疤都代表我为别人献出的一份爱——我掏出一块心给他们，他们常常会掏出自己的一块回赠给我，以填补我的空缺。但由于这两块不一样，伤口的边缘就留下疤痕，不过我十分珍惜这些疤痕，因为它们使我想起我们共同拥有的爱心。”

“Ｓometimes

I

have

given

pieces

of

my

heart

away,and

the

othe

person

hasn't

returned

apiece

of

his

or

her

heart

to

me.These

are

the

empty

gouges——giving

love

is

taking

a

chance.Although

these

gouges

are

painful,they

stay

open,reminding

me

of

the

love

I

have

for

those

people

too,and

I

hope

someday

they

may

return

and

fill

the

space

i

have

waiting.

So

now

do

you

see

what

true

beauty

is?”

“有时我送出了一瓣心，对方没有回赠给我，因此就出现了这些豁口——献出爱也是需要冒风险的。尽管这些伤口很疼，我还是让它们敞开着，因为它们能使我想起我付出的爱。我还希望有一天，得到爱的人们能够回来填补上我心里的空间。现在你明白什么是真正的美丽了吧？”

Ｔhe

young

man

walked

up

to

the

old

man,reached

into

hie

perfect

heart,and

ripped　a

pice

out.He

offered

in

to

the

old

man.

年轻人默默地走近老人，把手伸进自己完美的心中，撕下一块，把它献给这位老人。

Ｔhe

old

man

placed

it

in　his

heart

,then

took

a

piece

from

his

old

scarred

heart

and

placed

it

in

the

wound

in　the　young

man's

heart.It

fit,

but

not

perfectly,as

there

were

some

jagged

edges.

老人接过馈赠，把它放进自己的心里。然后他从自己疤痕累累的心中掏出一块放在年轻人心里的那个伤口上。正好放进去，但不是特别吻合，也呈现出一些疤痕。

Ｔhe

young

man

looked

at

his

heart,not

perfect

anymore

but

more

beautiful

than

ever,since

love

from

the

old

man's

heart

flowed

into

his.

年轻人看着自己的心，看起来不再完美但比以前更美丽了，因为老人心中的爱也流淌到了他的心里

。

Ｔhey

embraced

ang　walked

away

side

by

side.

他们拥抱着，肩并肩离开了。

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