3. On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. The music was so great that many people stopped to put some money into the hat of the young man.
The next day, the young artist came to the subway station again, and put his hat on the ground gracefully. Different from the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground. Then he began playing. It seemed more pleasant than ever. Before long, the young violinist was surrounded with people who were all attracted by the words on that paper. It said, "Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Please come to get it soon. "
After about half an hour, a middle-aged man ran there in a hurry and rushed through the crowd to the violinist and said, "Yes, it's you. You did come here. I knew that you're an honest man and would certainly come here. "
The young violinist asked calmly, "Are you Mr. George Sang?" The man nodded. The violinist asked, "Did you lose something?" "Lottery (奖票). It's lottery, " said the man. The violinist took out a lottery ticket on which George Sang's name was seen. "Is it?" he asked.
George nodded and took the lottery ticket and kissed it, then danced with the violinist.
Later someone asked the violinist: "At that time you were in need to pay the tuition fee (学费) and you had to play the violin in the subway station every day to make the money. Then why didn't you take the lottery ticket for yourself?"
The violinist said, "Although I don't have much money, I live happily; But if I lose honesty, I won't be happy forever. "
Through our lives, we can get a lot and lose so much. But being honest should always be with us.