LA SOMBRA DEL VIENTO: 簡易午茶小鹹點

先分享一則我個人很喜愛的小故事 ~
原文只有英文，摘自以下網址：
http://www.slideshare.net/shruti27bhatia/the-story-about-the-tiny-frogs-presentation

我簡單地翻譯如下，我不是英文老師，也不做英語教學，
純粹分享，請老師或專家們…
Do not give me hard time please!

The story about the tiny frogs…
這是關於一群小青蛙的故事…

There once was a bunch of tiny frogs, who arranged a running competition.
曾有一群小青蛙，安排了一場跑步競賽。

The goal was to reach the top of a very high tower.
目的地為抵達一座高塔的頂端。

A big crowd had gathered around the tower to see the race and
cheer on the contestants...
一大群擁擠的群眾早圍繞在高塔四周，爭相目睹比賽和為參賽者加油。

The race began...
比賽開始…

Honestly, no one in crowd really believed that,
the tiny frogs would reach the top of the tower.
坦白說，群眾中無人認為小青蛙們真能抵達塔頂。

You heard statements such as:
你會不斷地聽到諸如：

"Oh, WAY too difficult!!
They will NEVER make it to the top."
「哎呀，太困難了吧！他們永遠到不了塔頂的。」

or
亦或

"Not a chance that they will succeed.
The tower is too high!"
「塔太高啦！他們沒有任何成功機會的！」

The tiny frogs began collapsing.
One by one...
小青蛙們開始接二連三地崩潰了…

Except for those who in a fresh tempo were climbing higher and higher...
除了一些仍舊踩著輕快步伐越爬越高的小青蛙們…

The crowd continued to yell ~
人群繼續鼓譟 ~

"It is too difficult!!! No one will make it!"
「太難啦！不可能會有任何人成功的！」

More tiny frogs got tired and gave up...
更多的小青蛙因疲憊而放棄了…

But ONE continued higher and higher and higher...
但是卻有一隻青蛙仍繼續爬著，越爬越高… 越爬越高…

This one wouldn’t give up!
這是一隻永不放棄的青蛙！

At the end everyone else had given up climbing the tower.
當所有的青蛙都放棄登頂之後，

Except for the one tiny frog who after a big effort was the only one
who reached the top!
只有那隻全力以赴的小青蛙成為唯一抵達終點者。

THEN all of the other tiny frogs naturally wanted to know ~
How this one frog managed to do it?
所有的小青蛙們自然很想知道，
這隻成功的小青蛙究竟是如何辦到的？

A contestant asked the tiny frog how the one who succeeded
had found the strength to reach the goal?
一個參賽者問這隻成功的小青蛙，
是甚麼力量致使牠能夠完成最終的目標？

It turned out...
That the winner was DEAF!!!!
結果事實居然是…
那隻成功登頂的青蛙是個聾子！

The wisdom of this story is:
這個故事所寓含的智慧是：

Never listen to other people’ s tendencies to be negative or pessimistic...
永遠不要聆聽別人悲觀的消極言論。

… cause, they take your most wonderful dreams and wishes away from you.
The ones you have in your heart!
因為悲觀的消極言論會奪走你內心深處，最美麗的夢想與希望！

Always think of the power which words have.
永遠正面思考！

Because everything you hear and read will affect your actions!
因為你的行為將被所有你聽到或看到的影響。

Therefore...
因此…

ALWAYS be… POSITIVE!
做個永遠正面積極的人！

And above all:
Be DEAF when people tell YOU that YOU can not fulfil YOUR dreams!
總之，當有人告訴你 ~ 你無法實現你的夢想時，
做個聾子吧！

Always think:
永遠認定：

I can do this!
我一定能做得到！

複雜的事情簡單做，簡單的事情重複做，
一定能從單純中獲得成長與快樂！

午餐之後、晚餐之前，客人來時或有點嘴饞又不想吃多時，
來做這道快又簡單的小鹹點吧！

材料

蟳味棒 2 條撕成長條再切成小碎丁
水煮鮪魚罐頭 1 個瀝乾水份取適量備用
蛋 1 個煎成蛋片再切成碎屑
酪梨 1 個取適量切成小碎丁
洋蔥取適量切成小碎丁
甜味酸黃瓜醬
原味脫脂優格 ( 沒有者可以美奶滋代替 )
黑胡椒粉適量
任一品牌鹹餅乾一包 ( 奇福餅乾、蘇打餅、或鹹味餅乾 … )

做法

1. 蟳味蛋沙拉餡
將蟳味棒小碎丁、蛋碎屑、酪梨小碎丁、洋蔥小碎丁、
適量甜味酸黃瓜醬和適量原味脫脂優格一起拌勻即可。