There was once a well (井). People got water from it. They got water1dropping a bucket(桶) tied to a rope deep into the well. They would then2the bucket up from the well by the rope. The rope passed over a wheel that was just above the well. Another bucket was tied to the other end of the rope. Either bucket would3water, depending on which direction the wheel was turned.
A strong pull brought one bucket to the top, while4the other bucket was lowered (降下) to the water. They always passed each other on the way up and down, but the buckets5had time to speak.
At last, the rope became won(坏的). So a new rope had to be put in its place. While this was being done, the two buckets were left standing near the well.
"What a boring life we have!" said one bucket to the other. "I'm fed up with (厌烦) it. No matter6full we come up, we are always sent down empty!"
But the other bucket laughed, and said, "Well, to me, there seems7to complain(抱怨) about. Don't you see that whenever we are sent down empty, we always come up full?"
Boys and girls sometimes talk like these two buckets. You8hear one of them say, "Just as we are having a good game, we are made to stop and go to work again. ""Yes, "the other will reply, "but 9 work is over, we always get to go out and play again. ""There are two ways of looking at things. If you want to be happy, look at the10side. Do you agree?
