Rama worked for more than 16 hours a day. His kids weren’t able to see him face to face every day. At first, the kids liked Sundays as his father would spend the whole day with them. Unluckily, to meet the increasing household expenses, Rama took on a weekend job. He has to work even on Sundays. The kids were very shattered and so were Rama’s wife and parents!
拉摩每天工作超过16个小时。他的孩子们不能每天和他见面。起初,孩子们喜欢星期天,因为他的父亲会和他们一起度过一整天。不幸的是,为了应付不断增加的家庭开支,拉摩在周末找了一份工作。他连星期天也得工作。孩子们非常伤心,拉摩的妻子和父母也很伤心!
A year passed, and the family moved to a new house. They lived a better life. However, as usual, Rama continued to work all day to make more money. One day his wife asked him, “Why are you running for money? We can be happy with what we have now.” Rama replied, “I want to give the best in the world to all of you and want you to stay happy always.”
一年过去了,一家人搬到了新居。他们过着更好的生活。然而,像往常一样,拉摩继续工作一整天,以赚取更多的钱。一天,他的妻子问他:“你为什么要追逐金钱?我们可以满足于我们现在所拥有的。”拉摩回答说:“我想把世界上最好的东西给你们所有人,希望你们永远快乐。”
Quickly, Rama’s family was one of the richest families in the city. They went to their beach house to spend their vacation. His daughter asked, “Dad, will you please spend one day at home and stay with us here?” Rama replied, “Yes, tomorrow for sure, I will join you for lunch and be with you all for next few days!”
很快,拉摩的家族成为了这座城市最富有的家族之一。他们去海边的房子度假。他的女儿问:“爸爸,你能不能在家呆一天,和我们呆在一起?”拉摩回答说:“是的,明天肯定会,我会和你们一起吃午饭,并在接下来的几天里和你们在一起!””
Unluckily, the next day, none in Rama’s family were alive as they were washed out in Tsunami (海啸)! Rama was too busy even to hear the news about Tsunami. When he tried to reach his beach house, he could not even find the dead bodies of his family. He could never have them again! He could not even see them and even by paying millions he could never get them back to life!
不幸的是,第二天,拉摩的家人都被海啸冲走了!拉摩太忙了,甚至没有听到海啸的消息。当他试图到达他的海滨别墅时,他甚至找不到他家人的尸体。他再也不能拥有他们了!他甚至看不到他们了,即使给钱几百万,他也永远无法让他们起死回生!
He remembered his wife’s words, “Why are you running for money? We can be happy with what we have now.”
他想起了妻子的话:“你为什么要追逐金钱?我们可以满足于我们现在所拥有的。”
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