The Crystal Ball
水晶球的故事
Nasir found a crystal ball behind a banyan tree in his garden.
納斯爾在自家花園裡的菩提樹下發現了一顆水晶球。
When the tree told him it would grant him a wish, he thought and thought but could not think of anything he wanted.
樹神告訴他,水晶球可以實現他的一個願望,他想了又想,還是想不出來有什麼想要的東西。
So he kept the crystal ball in his bag and waited to decide on his wish.
於是他把水晶球藏進了包裡,慢慢想他的願望。
Days went by without him making a wish but his best friend saw him looking at the crystal ball.
日子一天天過去,他還是沒有想出要許什麼願,但是他盯著水晶球的時候,被他的好朋友看到了。
He stole it from Nasir and showed it to everyone in the village.
好朋友從納斯爾那裡偷走了水晶球,讓全村人來看。
They all asked for palaces and gold but could not ask for more than one wish.
村裡的人都許願要宮殿、要黃金,但是每個人都只能得到一個東西。
In the end, everyone was angry because no one could have everything.
最後,每個人都很生氣,因為沒有人能得到一切。
They became very unhappy and decided to ask Nasir for help.
村民們變得很不開心,於是向納斯爾尋求幫助。
Nasir wished that everything would become as it once was before the villagers had tried to satisfy their greed.
納斯爾許願,讓一切恢復從前,回到村民們貪婪前的樣子。
The palaces and gold vanished and the villagers grew happy and content once again.
宮殿和黃金都消失了,村民們也再次變得幸福、滿足。