📖 故事三：搶第一的小嘴巴
Story One: The Greedy Little Mouth
🥢 中文版
學校的午餐時間一到，鐘聲一響，整個食堂就熱鬧起來了。小宇總是第一個從教室衝出來，跑在走廊上，一邊喊著：「快點快點！炸雞今天快沒了！」他穿著皺巴巴的制服，書包還沒放下，就一手拿著餐盤，一手夾著雞塊，動作快得像個戰士搶寶物。
「讓我先夾一下！」他常常擠到最前面，插在其他同學中間。有時候，後面的同學不小心被他擠到，盤子還會歪掉，飯都撒了。小宇卻只說：「誰叫你們動作那麼慢。」
老師曾幾次制止，但小宇總是一副嘻皮笑臉：「老師我真的太餓了嘛，不搶就吃不到我最愛的那塊雞腿！」
午餐盤上，他總是堆滿炸雞、甜點和果汁；不喜歡的蔬菜，他連看都不看。有一次，他直接對打菜阿姨說：「那個青椒超噁，不要幫我夾！」然後一屁股坐下，大口大口吃著自己愛的食物。
他吃得又快又多，還邊咀嚼邊講話，嘴角常沾著醬汁。同桌的同學有時都不好意思看他。
更糟的是，吃不完的他，會把不喜歡的通通丟進垃圾桶，還拍拍手說：「好飽啊，明天希望有布丁！」
直到學校舉辦了「惜食週」，老師請大家紀錄一週內自己浪費了多少食物。小宇的記錄表格上，不但菜色最少，還畫了三個大大的垃圾桶圖案。
他看著那張單子，心裡突然有點不舒服。老師走到他身邊，小聲說：「能吃是福，但懂得節制和分享，是更大的福報。」
那天傍晚，小宇獨自坐在操場邊。他看著食堂的燈光，想起被他擠到的同學、被他嫌棄的菜色，和那句話——「吃，是為了健康；不是為了爭搶。」
從那天開始，他不再搶第一。他學著排隊、接受每一樣菜色，也慢慢放慢吃飯的速度。有時還會主動把自己的點心分一半給身邊的朋友。
🥢 English Version (Detailed and Vivid)
As soon as the lunch bell rang, the entire school cafeteria would burst into a noisy buzz. Yu was always the first to dash out of class, racing down the hallway, shouting, “Hurry up! The fried chicken’s gonna be gone!”
Wearing a wrinkled uniform, with his backpack still swinging from one shoulder, he’d grab a tray in one hand and snatch up chicken nuggets with the other like a warrior seizing treasure.
“Let me go first!” he often squeezed to the front of the line, cutting between other students. Sometimes, someone behind him would lose balance and drop part of their meal. Yu would only mutter, “Not my fault you’re slow.”
Teachers had tried to stop him, but Yu would grin cheekily and say, “I’m just really hungry! If I don’t rush, I won’t get the best chicken leg!”
His tray was always piled high with fried chicken, desserts, and sweet juice. As for vegetables? He wouldn’t even glance at them. Once, he told the cafeteria lady, “That green pepper looks gross. Don’t give me that.”
He would sit down and gobble up his food, chewing with his mouth open, sauce dripping from the corners of his lips. His tablemates would sometimes look away, embarrassed.
Even worse, whatever he didn’t like or couldn’t finish, he’d toss straight into the trash, clapping his hands and saying, “So full! I hope we get pudding tomorrow!”
Then came "Food Appreciation Week." The teacher asked everyone to track how much food they wasted in five days. Yu’s chart had the fewest vegetables—and he drew three big trash cans on it, trying to be funny.
But as he stared at that paper, something began to shift inside him. His teacher quietly came over and said, “Having enough to eat is a blessing. But knowing moderation and sharing—that’s an even greater blessing.”
That evening, Yu sat alone on the playground. He gazed at the cafeteria’s glowing windows and thought about the classmates he’d pushed, the food he had rejected, and that sentence that echoed in his heart:
“We eat for health, not for competition.”
From that day on, he stopped racing to the front of the line. He waited patiently, accepted all kinds of food on his plate, and began eating slower. Sometimes, he’d even share his desserts with friends beside him.
🧠 互動省思問題 Reflection Questions:
你吃飯時有沒有像小宇一樣，只挑自己愛吃的？當你看到別人吃得比你多或快，你會怎麼想？
Do you ever eat like Yu—grabbing only your favorites? How do you feel when you see someone eating more or faster than you?你曾經浪費過食物嗎？那時你有什麼感覺？
Have you ever wasted food before? How did it make you feel?如果從今天起，你要為「貪吃」這個習氣立一條「戒」，你想怎麼做？
If you wanted to set a personal precept to reduce greedy eating, what would it be?
🌿 法語對應 Dharma Quote:
「節食知足，福報不盡；貪食不擇，煩惱相隨。」
“With moderation and contentment, blessings never run dry; with greed and indulgence, troubles follow close by.”
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