句子采用否定结构，强调健康不可替代的重要地位。
A woman discovered three elderly men with gray-white beards sitting at her doorstep. She did not recognize them and said: I do not know who you are, but you may be hungry, please come in and have something to eat. The three old men asked: Is the man of the house at home? She replied: No, he has gone out. The old men said: Then we cannot enter.
In the evening, after her husband returned home, the wife told him what had happened during the day. The husband said: Hurry and tell them I am at home and invite them in. The wife went out to invite the three elders inside, but they said they could not enter together. One of them pointed to the other two and explained: This one is called Wealth, that one is called Success, and my name is Health. He then said: Now go back and discuss with your husband which one of us you wish to invite into your home.
The wife returned and told her husband. The husband said: Then let Wealth come in. The wife disagreed: Dear, it would be better to invite Success. Their daughter suggested: Why not invite Health? With health, our family can live happily and well. The husband agreed with his daughter and said: Then let us invite Health.
The wife went out again and asked: Which one of you is Health? Please come in as our guest. Health stood up and walked toward the house, and the other two also stood up and followed him. The wife was surprised and asked: I only invited Health. Why are you following as well? The two elders replied: Wherever Health goes, we go with him, because We cannot exist without him.
In the end, the story tells us that the true foundation of happiness in life is good health.
一位妇女发现三位蓄着花白胡子的老者正坐在家门口，她并不认识他们，便说：我不知道你们是谁，但你们或许饿了，请进来吃点东西吧。三位老者问：男主人在家吗？她回答：不在，他出去了。老者们说：那我们不能进去。
傍晚时分，丈夫回到家后，妻子向他讲述了白天发生的事情。丈夫说：快去告诉他们我在家，请他们进来。妻子出去邀请三位老者进屋，但他们表示不能一起进去。其中一位老者指着另外两位解释道：这位叫财富，那位叫成功，而我叫健康。他接着说：现在回去和你丈夫商量一下，看你们愿意邀请我们中的哪一位进入你们的家。
妻子回去将情况告诉丈夫，丈夫说：那就让财富进来吧。妻子不同意：亲爱的，还是请成功更好。女儿建议道：为什么不请健康呢？只要有健康，我们一家人才能幸福地生活。丈夫听从了女儿的建议，说：那就请健康进来吧。
妻子再次出去询问：请问哪位是健康？请进来做客。健康站起身向屋内走去，财富和成功也随之起身跟随。妻子惊讶地问：我只邀请了健康，为什么你们也跟来了？两位老者回答：健康走到哪里，我们就会跟到哪里，因为我们无法离开它。
最终，这个故事告诉我们，人生幸福的真正基础，就是拥有健康的身体。