Two young girls were proud of their beautiful hands. One put them in shining water, and the looked like diamonds dripping (滴下) from them.“What beautiful hands I have!” she said, and then her hands for others to admire. They were very soft and white, for she had done but wash them in clear water.
The other girl crushed some flowers in her hands, and they like perfume (香水). “What beautiful hands I have!” she said. Her hands smelled like flowers, she’d never done anything but wash them with every morning.
Another girl nearby didn’t show her hands. She hid them in the of her coat.
An old woman came down the road and before the girls. The first two their hands and asked her whose hands were more beautiful. She her head at them and then asked to see the hands of the girl.
“Oh, these hands are clean, ,” said the old woman,“but they are hard from .These hands have been helping the girl’s mother and father dry the dishes, sweep the floor, water the garden, for the baby, and show the little brother to build blocks. These hands have been making the house a happy home.” the old woman brought out a ring set (镶嵌) a diamond.“Here, wear this ring, my child. You deserve the for the most beautiful hands that are always the most .”