【天文學家的寓言故事】

　　有一個天文學家養成了晚上出去觀察星象的習慣。有一個夜晚，當他走出城門來到郊外后，便聚精會神地觀察著天空，一不小心掉進一口枯井里。當他正坐在井里呻吟時，一個剛好從旁經過的人聽到了，便走到井邊向下看，待了解了事情經過后，對他說：“如果真如你所說，只是一味地努力向上看，而沒有看清楚腳下的路況，那么在我看來，你就活該待在這里?！?/p>

　　【天文學家的故事寓意】

　　天文學家這篇寓言故事是說，人首先要做好地上的最普通的事，才談得上天上的高深的事。

　　【天文學家的英文版】

　　THE ASTRONOMER

　　There was once an Astronomer whose habit it was to go out at night and observe the stars.One night，as he was walking about outside the town gates，gazing up absorbed into the sky and not looking where he was going，he fell into a dry well.As he lay there groaning，some one passing by heard him，and，coming to the edge of the well，looked down and，on learning what had happened，said，“If you really mean to say that you were looking SO hard at the sky that you didn’t even see where your feet were carrying you along the ground，it appears to me that you deserve all you’ve got.”