How fortunate is the master and how well it goes within his household when he has a clever servant who, to be sure, hears his orders, but does not obey them, preferring instead to follow his own wisdom.
    如果主人有一個聰明的小伙計(jì),他既順從聽話,又能憑著自己的聰明才智行事,那主人多幸運(yùn)啊,他的家又該是多安樂!
    A clever Hans of this kind was once sent out by his master to look for a lost cow. He stayed away a long time, and the master thought, "My faithful Hans is not sparing any pains with his work."
    曾有這樣一位聰明的小伙計(jì)漢斯,一次主人讓他去找回走失的牛,他出去后好長時間沒回家,主人想:“漢廝多忠心,干起活來多賣力!”
    But when he did not return at all, the master was afraid that something had happened to him, and he himself went out to look for him.
    可這么晚他還沒回來,主人擔(dān)心他出意外,便親自起身去找他。
    He had to look for a long time, but at last he caught sight of his servant running up and down a large field.
    他找了好久,最后總算瞧見漢斯在寬闊的田野另一頭,正一蹦一跳地朝他迎面趕來。
    "Now, dear Hans," said the master after catching up with him, "did you find the cow that I sent you after?"
    “喂!親愛的漢斯,我打發(fā)你去找牛,找到?jīng)]有?”主人走近問。
    "No, master," he answered, "I did not find the cow, but then I have not been looking for it either."
    “沒有,老爺。我沒有找到牛,不過我也沒去找?！毙』镉?jì)答道。
    "Then what have you been looking for, Hans?"
    “那你去找甚么了,漢斯?”
    "Something better. And fortunately I have found it."
    “找更好的東西,很幸運(yùn)找到了。”
    "What is it?"
    “是甚么,漢斯?”
    "Three blackbirds," answered the servant.
    “三只山鳥。”小家伙答道。
    "And where are they?" asked the master.
    “在哪里?”主人問。
    "I see one of them, I hear the other, and I am chasing after the third," answered the clever servant.
    “我見到一只,聽到一只,然后拔腿去趕第三只?！甭斆鞯男〖一锘卮鸬?。
    Take an example from this. Do not trouble yourselves about your masters or their orders. Instead, just do what comes to you and makes you happy, and then you will act just as wisely as did clever Hans.
    學(xué)學(xué)榜樣吧!別再為主人或他們的命令犯愁。想干甚么,樂意怎么干,盡管去做,到時你肯定會像聰明的漢斯一樣機(jī)智。