The Prodigal Son and the Swallow
Once upon a time, there was a coxcomb who inherited a large sum of money from his aunt. After he got the money, he started to splash around, and within a year, he had spent all his money, and all that was left was a lot of ious.
He has a beautiful leather coat, which is brand new. He put on his fur coat in a cold winter. When he goes out and sees a swallow, he pawns his fur coat!
"Swallows can only be seen in spring. I saw swallows today. What does that mean? Spring is coming. I am afraid it will be spring now." Why should I wrap myself up in a thick fur coat when it is already spring It's useless to me now, so why should I keep it? Look, the spring has swept away the cold!"
I have to say he is a penny pincher, but before he sneezed, why didn't he think "one swallow does not make a spring"?
And so it is! The cold had not gone as he thought. As you can see, the snow and ice creak under the carriage that has just passed, smoke rises from the bacon of every house, and the Windows are already covered with thick frost.
The prodigal son now stood by the frozen swallow, shuddering all over, with one spout after another. What a sad sight! Stamping his feet, he said fiercely to the swallow, "You wretch, you are finished yourself! I can't believe I fell for you. What bad luck!"
Frugality is a good habit we should develop from childhood, only in this way, when we meet difficulties, we will not be embarrassed.
浪子和燕子
以前，有一個紈絝子弟，他從他的姑母那裡繼承了一大筆錢。他拿到那筆金錢之後，就開始到處揮霍，短短一年過去，他就已經把所有的金錢揮霍殆盡，剩下的只是一大堆借條了。
他有一件很漂亮的皮外套，說起來它還是嶄新的呢。在一個嚴寒的冬季里，他穿上了自己的皮外套。當他出門看見一隻燕子的時候，他就把自己的皮外套當掉了！
「只有在春天裡才能看到燕子啊。今天我看到燕子了，這說明什麼呢？春天就要來了，現在恐怕就是春天了吧！」 浪子想道，「既然現在已經是春天了，我為什麼還要裹著厚厚的皮外套呢！對我來說，它現在一點用處都沒有了，我為什麼還要留著它呢！你看啊，春光已經把嚴寒一掃而光了！」
不得不說他是一個精打細算的人，可是在他打噴嚏之前，怎麼就沒有想到「一燕不成春」呢！
事實也確實如此！嚴寒並沒有如他所想已經走了。你看，剛剛過去的馬車壓得雪和冰塊咯吱咯吱響，家家戶戶的煙肉里都冒出了濃煙，玻璃窗上都已經結了一層厚厚的冰霜。
那個浪子現在正站在已經被凍死的燕子身邊，渾身上下直打冷戰，噴嚏也是一個接著一個，那情景真是悽慘極了！他一面使勁地跺著腳，一面惡狠狠地對地上的燕子說道：「你這混帳東西，你自己也完蛋了！沒想到我上了你的當了。真是晦氣！」
勤儉節約是我們從小就應該養成的好習慣，只有這樣，當遇到困境時才能不至於窘迫。