A young man went to the boss （老板） of logging crew （伐木队） and asked for a job.
"Let me see youfellthis tree first." said the boss. The young man took his axe and fell a big tree in a short time. The boss was happy and said, "You can start the job on Monday."
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday went by, and Thursday afternoon the boss went to the young man and said, "You can get the pay （报酬） today. "The young man was very surprised. He answered, "I thought you would pay on Friday" "Usually we," the boss said." But I'll let you go today because you've fallen behind （落后）. You have dropped （降） from the first place on Monday to the last place today. "
"But I'm quite hard—working. "the young man said, "I am the first to arrive, and the last to leave, and even work during my coffee time!" The boss thought for a minute and asked, "Have you sharpened your axe （磨斧子）? "The young man answered, "No, sir, I work too hard to take time for that!"
Our lives are like this. We sometimes get so busy that we don't take time to sharpen the axe". There's nothing wrong with working hard. But we all need time to relax, to think, to learn and to grow. If we don't spend time relaxing, we will feel bored and fall behind.
