英语哲理故事带翻译你来决定摘要：从前，有一位博学的老妇人，她住在后山。
过去所有的孩子都经常来找她问问题。
她总是有求必应。
There was once a wise old woman who lived back in the hills. All the children used to come back and ask her questions. She always gave the right answers.There was a naughty little boy among the children. One day he caught atiny bird and held it in his cupped hands. Then he gathered his friends around. He said, "Let's trick the old woman.I'll ask her what I'm holding in my hands. Of course, she'll answer that I have a bird. Then I will ask her if the bird is living or dead. If she says the bird is dead, I'll open my hands andlet the bird fly away. If she says the bird is alive, I'll quickly crush it and show her the dead bird. Either way, she'll be wrong."The children agreed that this was a clever plan. Up the hill they went to the old woman's hut."Granny, we have a question for you," they all shouted."What's in my hands?" asked the little boy."Well, it must be a bird," replied the old woman."But is it living or dead?" demanded the excited boy.The old woman thought for a moment and then replied, "It is as you will,my child."从前，有一位博学的老妇人，她住在后山。
过去所有的孩子都经常来找她问问题。
她总是有求必应。
其中有一个调皮的小男孩。
有一天，他抓到一只小鸟，双手捧住，然后把伙伴们叫到身边，说：“咱们去哄一下那个老太太。
我要问她我手里握着什么东西。
她肯定会回答说我握的是小鸟。
然后，我问她小鸟是活的还是死的。
如果她说鸟是死的，我就张开手让小鸟飞走。
如果她说小鸟是活的，我就马上用劲一捏，让她看到那只死鸟。
不管用什么方法，她都说不对。
”孩子们都异口同声的说这是一个聪明的计划。
他们爬上山，来到了老妇人的小屋。
“奶奶，我们要问您一个问题。
”他们都大声说道。
“我手里是什么东西?”那个小男孩问道。
“噢，肯定是一只小鸟，”老妇人回答说。
“可是活的还是死的呢?”小男孩兴奋的问到。
老妇人想了一会儿，然后回答说：“孩子，这由你来决定。
”A boy found an eagle's egg and he put it in the nest of a prairie chicken. The eagle hatched and thought he was a chicken. He grew up doing what prairie chicken do-scratching at the dirt forfood and flying short distances with a noisy fluttering of wings. It was a dreary life. Gradually the eagle grew older and bitter. One day he and his prairie chicken friend saw a beautiful birdsoaring on the currents of air, high above the mountains."Oh, I wish I could fly like that!" said the eagle. The chicken replied, "Don't give it another thought. That's the mighty eagle, the king of allbirds-you could never be like him!" And theeagle didn't give it another thought. He went on cackling and complaining about life. He died thinking he was a prairie chicken. My friends, you too were born an eagle. The Creator intended youto be an eagle, so don’t listen to the prairie chickens!一个小男孩发现了一只老鹰下的蛋，把它放进了一只山鸡的窝里。
鹰被孵出来了，但他以为自己是一只山鸡。
渐渐的他长大了，却做着山鸡所做的事---从泥土里寻找食物，做短距离的飞翔，翅膀还啪啪作响。
生活非常沉闷，渐渐地鹰长大了，也越来越苦恼。
有一天，他和他的山鸡朋友看见一只美丽的鸟在天空翱翔，飞的比山还高。
“哦，我要能飞的那么高该多好啊!”鹰说。
山鸡回答说，“不要想了，那是凶猛无比的鹰，鸟中之王---你不可能像他一样!”于是鹰放弃了那个念头。
他继续咯咯地叫，不停的抱怨生活。
最后他死了，依然认为自己是一只山鸡。
朋友们，你们天生就是雄鹰。
造物主有意把你造就成一只雄鹰，所以不要听信山鸡的话!When Henry ford decided to produce his famous v-8 motor, he chose to build an engine with the entire eight cylinders cast in one block, and instructedhis engineers to produce a design in onefor the engine. The design was placed on paper, but the engineers agreed, to a man, that it was simply impossible to cast an eight-cylinder engine-block in one piece.Ford said, “Produce it anyway.”“But,” they replied, “It’s impossible!”“Go ahead.” Ford commanded, “And stay on the job until you succeed, no matter how much time is required.”The engineers went ahead. There was nothing else for them to do, if they were to remain on the ford staff. Six months passed and nothing happened. Another six months passed, and still nothinghappened. The engineers tried every conceivable plan to carry out the orders, but the thing seemed out of the question:“impossible!”At the end of the year ford checked with his engineers, and again they informed him they had found no way to carry out his orders.“go right head,” said ford, “I want it, and I’ll have it.”They went ahead, and then, as if by a stroke of magic, the secret was discovered.The ford determination had won once more!This story may not be described with minute accuracy, but the sum and substance of it is correct. Deduce from it, you who wish to think and grow rich, the secret of the ford millions, if youcan. You’ll not have to look very far.Henry ford was successful, because he understood and applied theprinciples of success. One of these is desire: knowing out the lines in which the secret of his stupendous achievement havebeen described. If you can do this, if you can lay your finger on the particular group of principles which made Henry ford rich, you can equal his achievements in almost any calling for whichyou are suited.亨利福特在要制造有名的v8汽缸引擎汽车时，曾指示他手下的工程师着手设计一种引擎，要把八个汽缸全放在一起。