Real Friends
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第一次世界大戰期間，當一位士兵眼睜睜地看著自己相知相伴的朋友倒下時，恐懼頓時遍布全身。盡管他身處戰壕中，頭頂上子彈來回穿梭，士兵還是去請求中尉允許他去戰壕間的“無人區”，把倒下的夥伴帶回來。
“可以，”中尉答道，“不過我認為不值得。要知道，你的朋友可能已經死了，你想白白送死嗎？”
士兵並沒有聽從中尉的話，義無反顧地去了。他竟奇跡般地靠近了夥伴，並用肩膀將他扛回了戰壕。中尉檢查了那名戰士的傷勢後，和藹地望著他的這位朋友說：
“我說過，這不值得，他已經死了，而你也傷得很嚴重。”
“盡管這樣，我這麽做還是值得的，長官。”士兵答道。
“值得？你知道自己在說什麽嗎？”中尉反駁道，“你的朋友已經死了！”
“是的，是值得的，長官。因為當我找到他時，他還活著。而且，我很欣慰地聽到他對我說：‘吉姆，我知道你會來的。’”士兵回答道。
人生中，很多時候對於一件事情是否值得去做，取決於你如何去評判它的價值。鼓起勇氣，做你內心指引你做的事情，這樣，日後你就不會為沒有行動而後悔。
願天下每個人都有真正的朋友相伴左右。
Horror gripped the heart of the World War I soldier， as he saw his lifelong friend fall in battle. Caught in a trench with continuous gunfire whizzing over his head， the soldier asked his lieutenant if he might go out into the "No Man's Land" between the trenches to bring his fallen comrade back.
"You can go，" said the lieutenant， "but I don't think it will be worth it. Your friend is probably dead and you may throw your own life away."
The lieutenant's words didn't matter， and the soldier went anyway. Miraculously he managed to reach his friend， hoist him onto his shoulder， and bring him back to their company's trench. As the two of them tumbled in together to the bottom of the trench， the officer checked the wounded soldier， then looked kindly at his friend.