came old fashioned when the mega-store came to town with its huge inventory and low prices. We just couldn't compete with that." "当超级商场进入小镇时，我们的小型连锁店突然间显得过时了。
他们有大量丰富且价格低廉的商品，我们完全无法与之竞争。
" "I can see now that instead of being like Sniff and Scurry, we were like Hem. We stayed where we were and didn't change. We tried to ignore what was happening and now we are in trouble. We could have taken a couple of lessons from Haw -because we certainly couldn't laugh at ourselves and change what we were doing." "现在我终于明白了，这一切后果归咎于我的家人都不是嗅嗅和匆匆，我们就像哼哼。
我们呆在原来的地方固卡自封，拒绝改变；我们故意忽略外面的世界，企图对发生的一切视而不见。现在我们陷入了麻烦，这一切只是因为我们不愿意嘲讽自己，不愿意改变所做的一切。我们真应该从唧唧自上学到些什么。
" Laura, who had become a successful businesswoman, had been listening, but had said very little until now. "I thought about the story this afternoon too," she said. "I wondered how I could be more like Haw and see what I'm doing wrong -- laugh at myself, change, and do better." Then she asked, "I'm curious. How many here are afraid of change?" No one responded, so she suggested, "How about a show of hands?" 劳拉已经是一位很成功的商人，到现在为止，她很少说话，一直在聆听。
"这个下午，我也一直在思考这个故事，"这时她说；"我不知道自己要怎样做才能更像唧唧，才能够看到自己人的错误，坦然面对自己，改变自己，并将一切做得更好。
" Only one hand went up. "Well, it looks like we've got one honest person in our group!" she said, and then continued, "Maybe you'll like this next question better. How many here think other people are afraid of change?" practically everyone raised their hands. Then they all started laughing. 沉默了一会儿，她继续说："我想知道，我们这里有多少人害怕改变？
"见没有人回答。于是她又提议；"请举手示意。"只有一个人举了手。"很好，看起来，我们之中总算还有一个诚实的人！"她说，并继续道："也许你们更愿意回答下一个问题。有多少人认为别人害怕改变？"这一次几乎每个人都举了手。
见些情景，大伙都大笑起来。