GENIUS AND MEDIOCRITY

　　天才和庸人

　　Someone asked, “What is the difference between you and a mediocrity ?”

　　Genius said, “There is no genius in the world, but industry plus some foresight.”

　　“Is there a little difference between the two?” the man asked again.

　　The genius, pointing at a caterpillar, asked, “What's this?”

　　“A caterpillar.”

　　Pointing at a bird egg, the genius asked, “What's this?”

　　“A bird's egg!” the man answered.

　　At last, the genius pointed at a child and asked, “Who is he?”

　　“A newborn baby,” the man replied.

　　The genius shook his head and said, “Those are respectively a butterfly, an eagle and agenius, but you said they were a caterpillar, a bird's egg and a baby. The different answers may bethe difference between a mediocrity and me.”

　　有人问：“您和庸人有什么不同？”

　　天才说：“世上没有天才，不过是勤奋加上一点远见而已。”

　　“天才和庸人二者一点区别都没有吗？”这个人又问。

　　天才指着一只毛毛虫问：“这是什么？”

　　“毛毛虫。”

　　天才指着一个鸟蛋，问道：“这是什么？”

　　“鸟蛋！”这个人回答。

　　最后，天才指着一个孩子，问道：“他是谁？”

　　“一个新生儿。”这个人回答。

　　天才摇摇头说：“刚才这些分别是一只蝴蝶、一只雄鹰和一个天才，但你却说它们只是毛毛虫、鸟蛋和婴孩。答案的不同也许就是庸人和我的不同之处吧。”