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ONE morning in the flower garden a blind girl came to offer me a flower chain in the cover of a lotus leaf.

I put it round my neck, and tears came to my eyes.

I kissed her and said, “You are blind even as the flowers are.

“You yourself know not how beautiful is your gift.”

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有一天早晨，一个盲女来献给我一串盖在荷叶下的花环。

我把它挂在颈上，泪水涌上我的眼睛。

我吻了她，说：“你和花朵一样地盲目。

你自己不知道你的礼物是多么美丽。”