A Wise Farmer and His Sons

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There was once a farmer who had a fine olive orchard. He was very hard working, and the farm always prospered under his care. But he knew that his three sons despised the farm work, and were eager to make wealth, trough adventure.
When the farmer was old, and felt that his time had come to die, he called the three sons to him and said, "My sons, there is a pot of gold hidden in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it."
The sons tried to get him to tell them in what part of the orchard the gold was hidden; but he would tell them nothing more.
After the farmer was dead, the sons went to work to find the pot of gold; since they did not know where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one end of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.
They dug until they had turned up the soil from one end of the orchard to the other, round the tree-roots and between them. But no pot of gold was to be found. It seemed as if someone must have stolen it, or as if the farmer had been wandering in his wits. The three sons were bitterly disappointed to have all their work for nothing.
The next olive season, the olive trees in the orchard bore more fruit than they had ever given; when it was sold, it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.
And when they saw how much money had come from the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had meant when he said, "There is gold hidden in the orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it.”
试译:从前有一个农民,他有一片漂亮的橄榄园.在他辛勤的劳作,悉心的照料下这片园子生长的十分的繁茂.但他知道他的三个儿子都轻视农活,渴望着通过冒险发财.
当这个农民老了,他感到自己时日无多,便把自己的三个儿子都叫到床前说: “孩子们啊，我埋了一罐金子在家里的那片橄榄园里，你们想要就去挖吧”
儿子们尝试着从他这里得到更多关于埋金地点的信息，但他始终没有开口，直道他死去。
老农民死后，他的儿子们就到橄榄园里挖金子，因为不知道具体的地点，他们就决定从园子的一头开始，三人并排挖，一直到找到金子为止。
他们把整个园子翻了个遍，但什么都没有发现。看来要么是谁偷了，要么是他们的父亲说的胡话。三人大失所望，非常的沮丧。
眼看着就到了橄榄成熟的季节，园子里的橄榄树结出了比以往都多的果子，三个人摘了果子去卖，结果得到了整整一罐子的金子。
当他们看到这些钱时，他们突然明白了他们睿智的父亲的那句“园子里有金子，想要就去挖”的真正含义。


参考译文:从前有一个农民，他有一座漂亮的橄榄园。他非常勤劳，而且农场在他的照管下蒸蒸日上。可他知道自己的三个儿子瞧不起农活，都迫不及待的想通过冒险发家致富。
这个农民上了年岁，感到死期快要来临时，将三个儿子叫到身边说：“儿子们，橄榄园里藏有一罐金子。你们想要，就去挖吧。”
儿子们想让父亲告诉他们金子藏在果园的那一块地方，可他什么也没再给他们说。
那个农民死后，三个儿子就开始挖地，想找到那罐金子；因为他们不知道金子藏在什么地方，所以他们一致同意排成一行从果园的一头开始挖起，知道其中一人挖到金子为止.
他们挖啊挖，从果园的一头一直挖到了另一头，果树周围和果树之间也都挖到了，可还是没有找到那罐金子。看来一定是有人已经把那罐金子头走了，要么就是他们的父亲一直在异想天开。三个儿子对他们白干了一场，感到大失所望。
到了第二年的橄榄季节，果园里的橄榄树接出的果子比以往的都多；卖完果子后，三个儿子赚了整整一罐金子。
他们从果园里得到这么多钱后，突然明白了聪明的父亲所说的“果园里藏有金子，想要就去挖吧”这句话的含义。

Cinderella

他们挖啊挖，从果园的一头一直挖到了另一头，果树周围和果树之间也都挖到了，可还是没有找到那罐金子。————这个翻译更贴近原文，从细节描写他们所做出的寻找金子的努力

The three sons were bitterly disappointed to have all their work for nothing.
三人大失所望，非常的沮丧。——你这个翻得不错