landWhere Does It End
There is a story about a wealthy farmer who was once offered all the land he could walk on in a day, provided he came back by the sundown to the point where he started.To get a head start, early the next morning the farmer started covering ground quickly because he wanted to get as much land as he could. Even though he was tired, he kept going all afternoon because he didn't want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to gain more wealth.
Late in the aftemoon he realized the condition he had to fulfill to get the land was to
get back to the starting point by sundown. His greed had goRen him far enough. He started his return journey, keeping an eye on how close he was to sundown. The closer it got to sundown, the faster he ran. He was exhausted, out of breath and pushed himself be- yond the point of endurance. He collapsed upon reaching the starting point and died. He did make it before sundown. He was buried and all the land he needed was a small plot.
There is a lot of truth in this story and a lesson to be leamed. Whether the farmer was wealthy or not, any greedy person would have ended the same way.
哪里才是尽头
这里讲的是一位富农的故事—他能够得到一天内走到的所有土地，前提是他需要在日落前回到他的出发地。为了占尽先机，第二天一早农夫就开始快速上路了，因为他想得到尽可能多的土地。尽管他十分疲惫，整个下午他仍然在不停行走，因为他不希望错过千载难逢的获取更多财富的机会。
下午四五点的时候，他才想起那个得到土地必须满足的条件—在日落前回到出发点。他的贪婪已使他走得足够远了。他开始返回，一边走一边看着他与落日的距离。太阳越斜，他跑得越快。他精疲力竭、气喘吁吁，在忍耐的边缘拖着自己向前走。最后他跌倒在出发的地方，死了。他的确在日落前回到了出发点。他被埋葬了，现在他所需要的土地也只是一小块而已。”
这个故事蕴含着许多真理以及一个需要吸取的教训。无论这个农夫富裕与否，任何一个贪婪的人，都会殊途同归。

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