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RICH MAN AND POOR MAN

Every morning at eleven o'clock a shiny Rolls Royce drove through Central Park in New York City. Inside the car, sat a driver and his master, a well known millionaire.

Each morning the millionaire noticed a poorly dressed sitting on a park bench. The man always sat staring at the hotel in which the millionaire lived. One day, the millionaire was so curious about the man that he ordered his driver to stop the car. He walked to the bench and said to the poor man, "Excuse me, I just want to know why you sit here staring at my hotel every morning." "Sir,' said the man, " I have no money, no family, no home. I sleep on this bench, and every night I dream that one day I will sleep at that hotel."

The millionaire had an idea. He said, "Tonight your dream come true. I'll pay for the best room in that hotel for you for a whole month."

A few days later, the millionaire went by the man's room to see how he was enjoying himself. To his surprise, he found that the man had moved out of the hotel, back to his bench park.

He then went to the man and asked for the reason. The man said, "You see, when I am down here sleeping on my bench I dream I am up there, in that luxurious hotel. It's a wonderful dream. But when I was up there, I dreamed I was back on this cold bench. It was a terrible dream , and I couldn't sleep at all."

KAYA DAN MISKIN

Setiap pagi tepat pukul sebelas pagi, kereta Rolls Royce berkilat melalui Central Park di New York City. Di dalam kereta tersebut, ada pemandu dan tuannya, jutawan yang terkenal.

Setiap pagi jutawan tersebut melihat seorang lelaki berpakaian kurang kemampuan duduk di atas kerusi panjang taman. Lelaki tersebut selalu duduk di atas kerusi yang sama dan melihat hotel yang menjadi tempat tinggal jutawan itu. Pada satu hari, timbul perasaan ingin tahu mengenai perihal lelaki itu dan menyuruh pemandunya memberhentikan kereta. Jutawan itu berjalan ke arah lelaki itu dan berkata kepadanya, "Maafkan saya, saya ingin tahu kenapakah tuan setiap pagi duduk di sini dan melihat hotel saya." "Tuan," kata lelaki itu, "Saya tidak mempunyai wang, tidak mempunyai keluarga, tidak mempunyai rumah. Saya tidur di atas kerusi panjang ini dan setiap malam saya akan bermimpi yang pada suatu hari saya akan tidur di dalam hotel itu."

Lalu jutawan itu mendapat idea. Dia berkata," Malam ini mimpi kamu akan menjadi kenyataan. Saya akan bayar untuk bilik yang terbaik dalam hotel itu untuk satu bulan."

Selang beberapa hari, jutawan itu singgah di bilik hotel tersebut untuk melihat bagaimanakah lelaki keadaan lelaki itu. Dia merasa terkejut apabila mendapat tahu bahawa lelaki itu telah meminggalkan hotel itu beberapa hari lalu dan telah kembali semula ke kerusi panjang taman.

Jutawan itu pergi menemui lelaki itu dan bertanya kepadanya. Lelaki itu berkata, "Ketika saya tidur di atas kerusi panjang ini, saya bermimpi pada suatu hari saya akan tidur di hotel mewah itu. Ia satu mimpi yang menggembirakan. Akan tetapi, apabila saya tidur di sana, saya bermimpi saya tidur di atas kerusi panjang ini dan ia satu mimpi yang teruk. Saya tak dapat tidur langsung."

Diterjemah oleh : Teratai Melur
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