English Original
There was once a boy in a village. Whenever he asked people to do things, no one would listen to him. He was sad. So he asked a wizard to solve the problem by using magic. The old wizard tried a lot of spells, but none worked.
A young man heard about the problem. He went to the boy and said that he knew the solution. He gave the boy two small pieces of paper.
"These are two spells, my boy. Use the first before you ask others to do something, and use the second when they have done it. A smile is also necessary," the young man said.
The boy was happy and tried to use the spells. When he asked people to do something, he said "Please" before his words; and "Thank you" after they had done it. People were very surprised that the boy could be polite. Soon, they became happy to do what the boy asked them to do.
The wizard was surprised, and asked the young man about the spells.
"It's not magic. When I was a child, my teacher told me that with good manners you could get anything you want. And he was right. The boy only needed good manners to get what he wanted."
中文翻译
从前，村子里有个男孩。每当他请人做事时，都没人愿意听他的。他很伤心。于是，他请一位巫师用魔法来解决这个问题。老巫师试了很多咒语，但都不起作用。
一位年轻人听说了这个难题。他找到男孩，说自己知道解决办法。他给了男孩两张小纸条。
“这是两个咒语，孩子。第一个在你请别人做事之前用，第二个在他们做完之后用。微笑也是必要的，”年轻人说。
男孩很高兴，尝试使用这些咒语。当他请人做事时，他会在开口前说“请”；在他们做完后说“谢谢”。人们非常惊讶这个男孩竟然能如此有礼貌。很快，他们便乐意去做男孩请求的事了。
巫师很惊讶，向年轻人询问这些咒语。
“这不是魔法。我小时候，老师告诉我，有了良好的举止，你就能得到任何你想要的东西。他是对的。这个男孩只需要良好的举止就能得到他想要的。”