哲理故事：好奇心害死猫？谁说的，站出来！

I’m naturally curious, and I’ve always been driven by my curiosity. Curiosity gets people excited. Curiosity leads to new ideas, new jobs, new industries. —Anne Sweeney

我天生就很好奇，我一直被好奇心驱使。好奇心使人兴奋，好奇心会带来新的想法、新的工作及新的产业。——安妮·斯维尼

The unlikely learner

你好，好奇心

A6-year-old girl once went to her elder sister who was in the kitchen. She saw her frying fish and in astonishment, asked her, “Dee, why did you cut the head and the tail of the fish off before frying it?”

Her sister thought about it for a while and said, “Why? I don’t know. But mom does it this way so I do it this way too.”

Hearing this, the little girl ran to her mother and asked, “Ma, why do you cut the head and the tail of the fsh off before frying it? Dee told me you did it too.”

Her mother too, took a while to think and said, “Why? I never thought about it. I don’t know. But your granny does it this way so I do it this way too.”

The little girl became more inquisitive than ever, and she really wanted to find the answer to this question. So she ran towards her granny, found her and asked, “Granny, why do you cut the head and the tail of the fish off before frying it? Dee and ma do it, and they told me you did it too.”

Of her old age, her granny took a while but finally figured it out with a gleaming smile, “I don’t know why they cut the head and the tail, but I did it because my frying pan was very small.”

一次，一个六岁的女孩去找在厨房的姐姐。

她看见姐姐正在煎鱼。她惊讶地问：“迪，为什么在煎鱼前你要砍掉鱼的头和尾巴呢？”

姐姐想了一会儿，说道：“为什么？我不知道，但妈妈是这样做的，所以我也这样做。”

听到这个回答，小女孩跑到妈妈面前，问道：“妈妈，为什么在煎鱼前你要砍掉鱼的头和尾巴呢？迪告诉我你是这样做的。”

妈妈也想了一会儿，然后说：“为什么呢？我从来没想过这个问题，我也不知道，但你的外婆是这样做的，所以我也这样做。”

小女孩更好奇了，她真的很想找到这个问题的答案。于是，她又跑去找到外婆并问道：“外婆，为什么在煎鱼前你要砍掉鱼的头和尾巴呢？迪和妈妈都这样做。她们告诉我，你也是这样做的。”

外婆年纪大了，她想了好一会儿，终于想明白了，脸上挂着灿烂的笑容。“我不知道她们为什么要砍掉头和尾巴，但我那样做是因为我的煎锅太小。”