我們總是花大部份的時間想知道別人的生命有什麼
而忘了花時間想想自己要什麼
有個男人已經超厭煩他每天都要上班但是他老婆卻待在家裡。
A man was sick and tired of going to work
every day while
his wifestayedhome.
他希望他老婆知道他每天過的是什麼樣的日子，所以他向上帝禱告
說，『親愛的主，我每天上班投入八個鐘頭的時間但是我老婆只待在
家裡而已。我希望她知道我過得是什麼日子，所以請讓我們的身體交
換‧‧‧』
He
wanted her to see what he went through so he prayed, Dear
Lord, I go towork every day and put in 8 hours
while my wife
merely stays at home. I wanther to know what I
go through,
so
please create a trade in our bodies..
上帝，以祂無比的智慧，成就了這個男人的願望‧‧‧
God,
in his infinite wisdom, granted the man's wish...
隔一天，很確定的，這男人起床成了個女人‧‧‧
The
next morning, sure enough, the man awoke as a woman..
他起床、為他的伴侶作早點、叫醒孩子們、替孩子穿制服、餵他們吃
早餐、替他們裝便當、載他們上學、回家路上要去洗衣店收送衣服還
要到銀行存錢、到菜市場買菜、然後回家把菜放一邊、還要開支票付
帳、記帳。
He
arose, cooked breakfast for his mate, awakened the kids,
set
out theirschool clothes,fed them breakfast, packed their
lunches, drove them toschool, came home and
picked up the
dry
cleaning, took it to the cleanersand stopped at the bank
tomake
a deposit, went grocery shopping, then drove home to
put
away thegroceries,paid the bills and balance the check
book.
他清了貓的砂盒後還替狗洗澡。
He
cleaned the cat's litter box and bathed the dog.
然後時間已經下午一點鐘了，他趕快把棉被折好、洗衣服、吸地板、
掃地板、擦廚房地板‧‧‧衝到學校去接小孩然後一路上和小孩大小
聲。
Then
it was already 1p.m. and he hurried to make the beds,
do
the laundry,vacuum, dust, and sweep and mop the kitchen
floor.. Ran to the school topick up the kids
and got into an
argument with them on the way home.
回家幫孩子準備點心和牛奶，讓孩子乖乖地寫功課，然後他把燙馬擺
好一邊燙衣服一邊看電視。
Set
out cookies and milk and got the kids organized to do
their homework,then set up the ironing board
and watched TV
while he did the ironing.
下午四點半，他開始削馬鈴薯、洗菜準備作沙拉、烤肉餅、"西"敏荳
仔，為晚餐準備‧‧‧
At
4:30 he began peeling potatoes and washing vegetables for
salad, breadedthe pork chopsand snapped fresh
beans for
supper..
晚餐後他要整理廚房、洗碗、把收好的衣服摺好、哄小孩睡覺。
After supper he cleaned the kitchen, ran
the dishwasher,
folded laundry,bathed the kids, and put
them to bed.
晚上九點，他已經累壞了但是他白天的雜務還沒作完，不管了，他衝
上床想休息了，但是還要"嘿咻嘿咻"，而且還要設法不要抱怨‧‧‧
At
9p.m.he was exhausted and, though his daily chores
weren't finished, hewent to bed where he was
expected to
make
love" which he managed to getthrough without
complaint...
隔天他一起床，立刻靠著床邊跪下來跟上帝說，『主啊！我不知道我
之前在想什麼，現在我知道我實在錯得離譜，錯到去妒嫉我老婆整天
在家，求求您，讓我們換回來‧‧‧』
The
next morning he awoke and immediately knelt by the bed
and
said,Lord,I don't know what I was thinking. I was so
wrong to envy my wife'sbeingable to stay home
all day.
Please, oh please, let us trade back..
主，以祂無比的智慧，回答他，『孩子，我知道你已經學到教訓而且
我也很願意把你們兩換回來』
The
Lord, in his infinite wisdom, replied, My son, I feel
you
have learnedyour lesson andI willbe happy to change
things back to the way they were.
『但是，你還要等九個月，因為昨天晚上你懷孕了‧‧‧』
You'll have to wait nine months, though. You
got pregnant
last
night...
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