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A boy once found a jar（罐子） full of nuts and raisins（葡萄干） in his mother's kitchen and he put his hand in to help himself to as many as he could hold.
有一次，一个小男孩在厨房里找到了妈妈放零食的罐子，里面有满满一罐果仁和葡萄干。他把手伸进 罐里，想拿出很多来自己吃。
When he tried to take his hand out of the jar, however, he found that the opening was too narrow for his clenched（紧握的） fist to past through. “What shall I do?” he wailed, “My hand will be stuck in this jar forever.”
可是，在把手抽出来的时候，他发现罐口太窄，握紧的拳头根本出不来。 “我该怎么办才好呢？”他哭叫起来，“我的手要永远卡在罐子里了。”
Just then his mother came in. “Really,” she said, “there's nothing to make such a fuss（大惊小怪） about. Try taking half as many as nuts and raisins（葡萄干） as you have in your hand and you'll find it will come out of the jar quite easily.”
正在这时，妈妈走了进来。 “不见得吧，”妈妈说，“没什么值得大惊小怪的。把手里的果仁和葡萄干放下一半，你的手就能轻松地拿出来了。”
现代法国小说之父巴尔扎克(Balzac，1799—1850)说：“在人生的大风浪中,我们常常学船长的样子,在狂风暴雨之下把笨重的货物扔掉,以减轻船的重量。”
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