Calamity(厄运来临时)
A girl grumbled to her father about her hard life. She didn't know what she could do and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and fighting. One problem had been settled, but another appeared.
Her father, a cook, took her into the kitchen. He poured water into three pots and boiled it. After the water came to a boil, he put some carrots in the first pot, eggs in the second and coffee in the last. He waited for them for a few minutes without any words.
The girl closed her mouth and waited, impatient and confused by what her father was doing. After about 20 minutes, her father turned off the stove, took out the carrots and put them in a bowl. He took the eggs and put them in another bowl. After that he poured the coffee into a cup.
Turning back to his daughter, he asked, "Sweetheart, what do you see?"
"Carrots, eggs and coffee," she replied.
Her father asked her to touch the carrots. She did and felt that the carrots were soft.
After that he asked her to take the eggs and break them. After peeling them, she felt the eggs were hard.
Last, her father asked her to smell the coffee.
She asked, "What does this mean Father?"
He explained that each of the things had felt the same unfortunate fate. They were all boiled in water, but with a different result. The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after being boiled. The fragile eggs became hard after cooking. Coffee grounds were very unique. They could change the water.
"Which one are you?" asked her father. "When calamity knocks on your door, what will your reaction be? Are you carrots, eggs or coffee?"
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