弟子迫不及待地想把市集上听来的传言禀告师父。
大师说：「稍等！你所要告诉我的是真有其事？」
「我不这么想。」
「它很有用？」
「并没有什么用。」
「它很有趣？」
「不！」
「那我们为什么要听它呢？」
SPEECH
The disciple couldn’t wait to tell the Master the rumour he had heard in the
marketplace.
“Wait a minute,” said the Master, “What you plan to-tell us is it true?”
“I don’t think it is.”
“Is it useful?”
“No. it isn’t.”
“Is it funny?”
“No.”
“Then why should we be hearing it?”