天文学家 The Astronomer

An astronomer used to go out at night to observe the stars.  One evening, as he wandered through the suburbs with his whole attention fixed on the sky, he fell accidentally into a deep well.  While he lamented and bewailed his sores and bruises, and cried loudly for help, a neighbor ran to the well, and learning what had happened said:  "Hark ye, old fellow, why, in striving to pry into what is in heaven, do you not manage to see what is on earth?'

有位天文学家习惯每天晚上出去观察星象。有一天，他来到郊外聚精会神地观察天空，一不小心掉进一口井里。他大声叫喊起来。附近的人听到呼叫声后，走过来弄清楚了情况， 便对他说：“喂，朋友，你用心观察天上的东西，却没有看地上的事情。”

这故事是说，人首先要做好地上的最普通的事，才谈得上天上的高深的事。