On a Friday night, a poor young violinist was playing his violin at the entrance of the subway station. He played such great music that people slowed down to listen and put some money into his hat.
一个周五的晚上，一位贫穷的年轻小提琴手在地铁站入口处拉小提琴。他演奏的音乐如此美妙，以至于人们放慢脚步聆听，并把一些钱放进他的帽子里。
The next day, the violinist came to the entrance again. He put down his hat as usual. Beside the hat was a piece of paper with some words on it. It said, “George Black has put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Welcome to claim(认领)it.” Soon the people were all interested in the words and wondered what it could be. After a while, a man rushed into the crowd, took the violinist’s shoulders and said, “I knew you would certainly come.” The violinist asked, “Did you lose anything?” “Lottery (彩票).” The violinist took out a lottery ticket with Black’s name on it. Black took it and danced happily.
第二天，小提琴手又来到入口处。他像往常一样放下帽子。帽子旁边有一张纸，上面写着：“乔治·布莱克不小心把一件重要的东西放进了我的帽子里。欢迎认领。”很快，所有人都对这些字产生了兴趣，想知道那会是什么。过了一会儿，一名男子冲进人群，抓住小提琴手的肩膀说：“我就知道你一定会来。”小提琴手问：“你丢了什么？”“彩票。”小提琴手拿出一张印有布莱克名字的彩票。布莱克接过彩票，高兴地跳起舞来。
Black was an office worker. He bought the lottery and won a prize of $500,000. But when he gave $50 to the violinist for his wonderful music, the lottery ticket was thrown in, too. The violinist was a college student. That morning, he was going to fly to Vienna for high education. However, when he found the ticket, he put off the flight and went back to the entrance.
布莱克是一名上班族。他买了彩票并中了50万美元大奖。但当他因美妙的音乐给小提琴手50美元时，彩票也被一并扔了进去。这位小提琴手是一名大学生。那天早上，他本打算飞往维也纳接受高等教育。然而，当他发现这张彩票后，他推迟了航班，返回了入口处。
Later someone asked the violinist why he didn’t take the lottery ticket to pay for his high education. He said, “Although I don’t have much money, I live a happy life. If I lose honesty, I won’t be happy forever.”
后来有人问小提琴手，为什么不用这张彩票支付他的高等教育费用。他说：“虽然我没有很多钱，但我过着幸福的生活。如果我失去了诚实，我将永远无法快乐。”
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