佚名/Anonymous
'shouseithadleakedmuchofitswaterandwasonlyhalffull.
Forafulltwoyearsthiswentondaily, withthebearerdeliveringonlyoneandahalfpotsfullofwatertohismaster', .
Aftertwoyearsofwhatitperceivedtobeabitterfailure, itspoketothewaterbeareronedaybythestream.“Iamashamedofmyself, andIwanttoapologizetoyou.”“why?”askedthebearer,“Whatareyouashamedof?”“Ihavebeenable, forthesepasttwoyears, todeliveronlyhalfmyloadbecausethiscrackinmysidecauseswatertoleakoutallthewaybacktoyourmaster', youhavetodoallofthiswork, andyoudon'tgetfullvaluefromyourefforts,”thepotsaid.
Thewaterbearerfeltsorryfortheoldcrackedpot, andinhiscompassionhesaid,“Aswereturntothemaster'shouse, Iwantyoutonoticethebeautifulfowersalongthepath.”
Indeed, astheywentupthehill, theoldcrackedpottooknoticeofthesunwarmingthebeautifulwildfowersonthesideofthepath, , itstillfeltbadbecauseithadleakedouthalfitsload, andsoagainthepotapologizedtothebearerforitsfailure.
Thebearersaidtothepot,“Didyounoticethattherewerefowersonlyonyoursideofyourpath, butnotontheotherpot'sside?That'sbecauseIhavealwaysknownaboutyourfaw, , andeverydaywhilewewalkbackfromthestream, you'', hewouldnothavethisbeautytogracehishouse.”
印度有一个挑水工。他有两个大罐子，其中一个罐子做工精细，从不漏水；另一个上面则有一道裂缝。每当挑水工回到雇主家时，有裂缝的罐子里的水就只剩一半了。
这样过了整整两年，这个挑水工每天挑到雇主家的水仅有一罐半。当然，那个完好的罐子为自己的成就甚感自豪。而那个可怜的、有裂缝的罐子因自身的瑕疵而羞愧不已。
痛苦了两年后，一天，那个有裂缝的罐子在小溪边对挑水工说：“我很惭愧，想向你道歉。”“为什么？”挑水工问，“你惭愧什么呢？”“为这两年来只能让你挑回一半的水。因为我身上的这个裂缝，每次你在回雇主家的路上，水都在漏，到家时就只剩下半罐了。正是我的裂缝，你不得不多挑几次水，这样就浪费了你的部分劳动价值。”罐子说道。
