王小英

编者注:有一天，一个小男孩在路上捡到一分钱，他非常开心。从此以后，他每天都低着头，不停地寻找着，期待着意外的财富。可他不曾想过，为此他错过了什么……

One day, when a young boy was walking along the road, he saw a penny (美分) on the ground. He picked it up happily and put it into his pocket. The penny was his, and it cost （花费） him nothing!

From that day on （从那天开始）, wherever （无论在哪里） he walked, he kept his head down. He looked at the ground for more pennies. Of course, during his lifetime, he found more money.

In fact, by the end of his life he had found $ 12.82 altogether（总共）. He kept the money safely and he was really very happy that the money had cost him nothing.

Did it really cost him nothing? During the time he was looking for the money, he had missed (错过) seeing the beauty （美景） of 35, 127 sunsets （日落）, 327 wonderful rainbows （彩虹）, the white clouds in the blue sky,birds flying among the trees in the forests he walked through and the beautiful yellow and red leaves in autumn. What he had got—all $ 12.82—certainly(当然)wasnt worth （值） as much as （和……一样多） what he had missed.