填满房间的智慧

There was a very rich man named Mike.
有一个非常富有的人，名叫迈克。
In his house, he had a very large room.
在他的家里，有一间非常大的房间。
“If anyone can fill my room in one day, I will give him 20,000 dollars.” he said.
他说：“如果有人能在一天之内把我的这间房间填满，我就给他两万美元。”
Everyone in the town wanted to have a try.
镇上的每个人都想尝试一下。
Mark tried to fill the room with stones.
马克试着用石头来填满这个房间。
At the end of the day, he was very tired, but the room was still not full.
一天结束的时候，他累得不行，可房间还是没有被填满。
Martin tried to fill the room with wood.
马丁试着用木头来填满这个房间。
He worked all day, but the room was not full.
他忙活了一整天，房间依旧没有被填满。
“That room is too big, no one can do this.” he said.
他说：“那个房间太大了，没人能做到这件事。”
Alan said, “I can do it. It’s easy.”
艾伦说：“我能做到，这很简单。”
Everyone laughed. They thought he could not do it.
所有人都笑了，他们觉得艾伦根本不可能完成这件事。
Then, he went to the park and played all day.
之后他跑去公园玩了一整天。
His friend asked him, “Why are you playing, you should be working.”
他的朋友问他：“你怎么还在玩，你本该忙着想办法填满房间的。”
The man said, “Don’t worry.”
艾伦回答道：“别担心。”
At 8:00 at night, the man came to the room with a small bag.
到了晚上八点，艾伦带着一个小袋子来到了这个房间里。
The rich man said, “That bag is too small. How will you fill the room?”
富人说：“这个袋子太小了，你要怎么用它把房间填满呢？”
The man took a candle out of the bag.
艾伦从袋子里拿出了一根蜡烛。
He lit the candle and said, “You see, the whole room is filled with light!”
他点燃蜡烛后说道：“你看，整个房间都被光芒填满了！”