English Original
A woman was dissatisfied with her next-door neighbor. She told her friend that the neighbor was a poor housekeeper, her house was not clean and her children were dirty. She complained that one was almost disgraced by living near such a neighbor.
"Just look," she said, "at those clothes, sheets, and pillowcases she has hung outside. They all have black streaks up and down."
Her friend stepped to the window, raised it, and looked out. Then he said: "It seems the clothes are very clean. The streaks that you see are on your own window."
中文翻译
一位女士对她的隔壁邻居很不满意。她告诉朋友，这位邻居是个差劲的主妇，家里不干净，孩子们也脏兮兮的。她抱怨说，和这样的邻居住得这么近，几乎是一种耻辱。
"你看看，"她说，"她挂在外面的那些衣服、床单和枕头套，上上下下全是黑色的条痕。"
她的朋友走到窗前，推开窗子向外望去。然后他说："那些衣服看起来非常干净。你看到的条痕，其实是在你自己的窗户上。"