那些給我智慧和勇氣的寓言故事68：分紅

Sharing a business house with common ledger, the partners in an honest trade a very pretty pile had made, and now accounts were closed and each his profit weighed.

幾個(gè)人合作開(kāi)了一家店，做著誠(chéng)實(shí)守信的買(mǎi)賣(mài)，賺了一筆小錢(qián)。此時(shí)，賬目都結(jié)算好了，每個(gè)人都估算著各自的收益。

For few is sharing up an undiluted pleasure, and while the argument gets higher still and higher, an eighbour rushes in and bellows,“House on fire.”

由于在分紅上有了分歧，他們的爭(zhēng)吵聲越來(lái)越大，這時(shí)，一個(gè)鄰居沖進(jìn)來(lái)嚷道：“房子著火了!”

“Make haste, make haste, and save the house and stores!”cries partner Brown,“Come out of doors! The accounts at present we can leave.”

“快，快，搶救房子和貨物!”一個(gè)合伙人吼道，“快出去!先不算這些賬了。”

“All very well, if first my hundred I receive!”John Davies shouted,“I shall not leave this house without it!”

“先不算也好，只是我要先把我的那份拿到手。”另一個(gè)喊道，“拿不到錢(qián)，我絕不走出這間屋子!”

“Two hundred’s due to me. The accounts are clear as day!”cries partner Jones.

“我應(yīng)得二百，賬目上說(shuō)得清清楚楚!”又有一個(gè)嚷著。

The rest won’t have it anyway. It’s“Why?”It’s“How?”It’s“No! You’re wrong!”

其余的合伙人也都不讓步。這個(gè)說(shuō)：“為什么?”那個(gè)說(shuō)：“怎么樣?”還有人說(shuō)：“那不行，你錯(cuò)了!”

The fire is treated as a joke. These silly fellows keep it up so long, the fumes their angry voices choke, and they, their spoils, their broils all vanish into smoke.

所有的人都把火災(zāi)當(dāng)做兒戲。這些蠢貨沒(méi)完沒(méi)了地吵，最后，他們憤怒的聲音被濃煙所湮沒(méi)。于是，他們、他們的紅利及憤怒，都化成了灰燼。

寓意：

原本應(yīng)聯(lián)合起來(lái)對(duì)付共同危急的合伙人，卻為了一己私利而爭(zhēng)執(zhí)不休，結(jié)果，所有的當(dāng)事人都走向了毀滅?，F(xiàn)實(shí)生活中，這一類(lèi)的人存在不少，因過(guò)分注重個(gè)人利益，致使團(tuán)體分裂，公司倒閉，甚至親人之間反目成仇