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--Music from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House Books


This life is a difficult riddleFor how many people we see
With faces as long as a fiddle
That ought to be shining with glee
I am sure in this world there are plenty
Of good things enought for us all
And yet there's not one out of the twenty
But thinks that his share is too small

生活是個難解的謎，
因為我所見過的人阿，
那本該喜悅光輝的臉龐，
卻拉得像小提琴一樣長。
我相信世界充滿了寶藏，
取之不盡用之不完，
但我所見過的人阿，
十之八九都有不滿。

Then what is the use of repining
For where there's a will there's a way
And tomorrow the sun may be shining
Although it is cloudy today

有志者，事竟成。
抱怨只會使你頹喪。
雖然今天陰暗多雲，
明天的太陽也許光芒萬丈。

Do you think that by sitting and sighing
You'll ever obtain all you want?
It's cowards alone that are crying
And foolishly saying "I can't"
It's only by plodding and striving
And laboring up the steep hill
Of life that you'll ever be thriving
Which you'll do if you've only the will.


別以為只要坐著嘆息，
你要的一切就從天而降。
只有懦夫才會哭泣，
只有懦夫才會愚蠢的說:
『我辦不到！』
你要勇敢堅強，
奮力爬向陡峭的山峰，
攀爬那生命的頂端。
你一定辦得到！



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