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It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
——Charles Dudley Warner
在我们的一生中，最美好的报偿之一是在我们真诚地努力帮助别人的同时，往往也帮助了我们自己。
——查尔斯·达德利·华纳
Jayne Fisher watched anxiously as her 17-year-old daughter Katie pulled her unruly lamb into the arena2 of the Madison County Junior Livestock sale. With luck, Katie wouldn’t collapse, as she had during a livestock show the day before.
Katie was battling cancer. This was her first chance in months to be outdoors having fun, away from hospitals and chemotherapy3 treatments, and she had come with high hopes for earning some sizable spending money. She had wavered a little on her decision to part with the lamb, but with lamb averaging two dollars a pound, Katie was look－ing forward to a lot more than pin money. So she centered the lamb for viewing, and the bidding began.
That’s when Roger Wilson, the auctioneer, had a sudden inspiration that brought some unexpected results. “We sort of let folks know that Katie had a situation that wasn’t too pleasant” is how he told it. He hoped that his in－troduction would push the bidding up, at least a little bit.
Well, the lamb sold for $11.50 a pound, but things didn’t stop there. The buyer paid up, then decided to give the lamb back so that it could be sold again.
That started a chain reaction, with families buying the animal and giving it back, over and over again. When local businesses started buying and returning, the earn－ings really began to pile up. The first sale is the only one Katie’s mom remembers. After that, she was crying too hard as the crowd kept shouting, “Resell! Resell!”
Katie’s lamb was sold 36 times that day, and the last buyer gave it back for good. Katie ended up with more than $16 000 for a fund to pay her medical expenses—and she still got to keep her famous lamb.
望着17岁的女儿卡蒂牵着她那只桀骜不驯的小羊走进“麦迪逊县幼畜拍卖所”的拍卖场时，杰妮·费希尔的心中充满了忧虑。但是，幸运的是，前一天，卡蒂已经参加过一场家畜展览，所以，她不会崩溃。
目前，卡蒂正与癌症进行着顽强的搏斗。这是几个月来她第一次远离医院和化学治疗，到户外来玩。对于这次拍卖，卡蒂充满了很高的期待，她盼望能借这次机会赚到一笔数目可观的零花钱。但是，当她决定和小羊分开时，心中还是有些犹豫不决。可是一想到市场上小羊平均一磅只能卖到两块钱，卡蒂便希望通过这次拍卖多赚一些钱。于是，她把小羊牵上展台给人们观看，接着，拍卖开始了。
在竞价前，拍卖人罗杰·威尔逊突发灵感讲的一段感动人心的话，带来了意想不到的效果。他说：“我想我们应该让大家知道卡蒂的情况并不太好。”他希望他的介绍能抬高投标价格，哪怕是高一点也好。
结果，小羊以一磅11.5美元的价格卖了出去，然而，事情并没有就此结束。那位买下小羊的人把钱付清之后，决定把小羊归还给卡蒂，以便它能再被拍卖一次。
他的这个举动引发了一系列的连锁反应，很多家庭一而再再而三地将小羊竞买下来，然后再还给卡蒂。而当当地的一些商家也开始加入这个买进归还、再买进再归还的循环时，卡蒂所获得的拍卖金额也开始真正多了起来。卡蒂的妈妈只记得第一次拍卖时的情形了，在那之后的数次拍卖，她都因为人们一直不停地高喊“再卖一次！再卖一次！”而哭得泪流满面。
那天，卡蒂的小羊总共拍卖了36次，而最后一位买主仍旧好心地将小羊还给了卡蒂。拍卖结束时，卡蒂总共获得了16 000多美元，用来支付她的医疗费用。而且，她仍旧拥有她的那只已经闻名遐迩的小羊。
空山冷雨 摘译自StoriesofTeenagers
Magic戏法
Working on a new trick, a magician turned his wife into a couch and his
kids into chairs, but he couldn’t turn them back. What have I done? he wondered. How can I bring back my family?
Out of ideas, he loaded everybody into his van and rushed to the hospital.
He explained the situation, and his family was whisked off to surgery.
Hours later, the surgeon emerged.
“How are they?” the magician asked.
“Comfortable.”
为了试验一个新的戏法，魔术师把他的妻子变成了一张床，又把他的孩子们变成了几把椅子。但是他不能把他们再变回去了。
“我都做了些什么呀？”魔术师问自己，“我怎样才能把家人再变回去呢？”
穷尽了各种方法之后，魔术师把家人装进车里，急匆匆送到医院。他先解释了所发生的状况，然后他的家人被火速送进了手术室里。
一小时以后，外科医生终于出现。
“他们怎么样？”魔术师问。
“嗯……很舒服。”
——Charles Dudley Warner
在我们的一生中，最美好的报偿之一是在我们真诚地努力帮助别人的同时，往往也帮助了我们自己。
——查尔斯·达德利·华纳
Jayne Fisher watched anxiously as her 17-year-old daughter Katie pulled her unruly lamb into the arena2 of the Madison County Junior Livestock sale. With luck, Katie wouldn’t collapse, as she had during a livestock show the day before.
Katie was battling cancer. This was her first chance in months to be outdoors having fun, away from hospitals and chemotherapy3 treatments, and she had come with high hopes for earning some sizable spending money. She had wavered a little on her decision to part with the lamb, but with lamb averaging two dollars a pound, Katie was look－ing forward to a lot more than pin money. So she centered the lamb for viewing, and the bidding began.
That’s when Roger Wilson, the auctioneer, had a sudden inspiration that brought some unexpected results. “We sort of let folks know that Katie had a situation that wasn’t too pleasant” is how he told it. He hoped that his in－troduction would push the bidding up, at least a little bit.
Well, the lamb sold for $11.50 a pound, but things didn’t stop there. The buyer paid up, then decided to give the lamb back so that it could be sold again.
That started a chain reaction, with families buying the animal and giving it back, over and over again. When local businesses started buying and returning, the earn－ings really began to pile up. The first sale is the only one Katie’s mom remembers. After that, she was crying too hard as the crowd kept shouting, “Resell! Resell!”
Katie’s lamb was sold 36 times that day, and the last buyer gave it back for good. Katie ended up with more than $16 000 for a fund to pay her medical expenses—and she still got to keep her famous lamb.
望着17岁的女儿卡蒂牵着她那只桀骜不驯的小羊走进“麦迪逊县幼畜拍卖所”的拍卖场时，杰妮·费希尔的心中充满了忧虑。但是，幸运的是，前一天，卡蒂已经参加过一场家畜展览，所以，她不会崩溃。
目前，卡蒂正与癌症进行着顽强的搏斗。这是几个月来她第一次远离医院和化学治疗，到户外来玩。对于这次拍卖，卡蒂充满了很高的期待，她盼望能借这次机会赚到一笔数目可观的零花钱。但是，当她决定和小羊分开时，心中还是有些犹豫不决。可是一想到市场上小羊平均一磅只能卖到两块钱，卡蒂便希望通过这次拍卖多赚一些钱。于是，她把小羊牵上展台给人们观看，接着，拍卖开始了。
在竞价前，拍卖人罗杰·威尔逊突发灵感讲的一段感动人心的话，带来了意想不到的效果。他说：“我想我们应该让大家知道卡蒂的情况并不太好。”他希望他的介绍能抬高投标价格，哪怕是高一点也好。
结果，小羊以一磅11.5美元的价格卖了出去，然而，事情并没有就此结束。那位买下小羊的人把钱付清之后，决定把小羊归还给卡蒂，以便它能再被拍卖一次。
他的这个举动引发了一系列的连锁反应，很多家庭一而再再而三地将小羊竞买下来，然后再还给卡蒂。而当当地的一些商家也开始加入这个买进归还、再买进再归还的循环时，卡蒂所获得的拍卖金额也开始真正多了起来。卡蒂的妈妈只记得第一次拍卖时的情形了，在那之后的数次拍卖，她都因为人们一直不停地高喊“再卖一次！再卖一次！”而哭得泪流满面。
那天，卡蒂的小羊总共拍卖了36次，而最后一位买主仍旧好心地将小羊还给了卡蒂。拍卖结束时，卡蒂总共获得了16 000多美元，用来支付她的医疗费用。而且，她仍旧拥有她的那只已经闻名遐迩的小羊。
空山冷雨 摘译自StoriesofTeenagers
Magic戏法
Working on a new trick, a magician turned his wife into a couch and his
kids into chairs, but he couldn’t turn them back. What have I done? he wondered. How can I bring back my family?
Out of ideas, he loaded everybody into his van and rushed to the hospital.
He explained the situation, and his family was whisked off to surgery.
Hours later, the surgeon emerged.
“How are they?” the magician asked.
“Comfortable.”
为了试验一个新的戏法，魔术师把他的妻子变成了一张床，又把他的孩子们变成了几把椅子。但是他不能把他们再变回去了。
“我都做了些什么呀？”魔术师问自己，“我怎样才能把家人再变回去呢？”
穷尽了各种方法之后，魔术师把家人装进车里，急匆匆送到医院。他先解释了所发生的状况，然后他的家人被火速送进了手术室里。
一小时以后，外科医生终于出现。
“他们怎么样？”魔术师问。
“嗯……很舒服。”