该句使用简单过去时描述孩子的行动与想法。
There were two brothers, only four or five years old. Because their bedroom windows were always kept tightly shut, they felt the room was too dark and envied the bright sunlight outside. The brothers decided to 'sweep' some sunlight into the room. They took brooms and dustpans onto the balcony to try and catch the light. However, every time they carried the dustpans back inside, the sunlight vanished. They tried this repeatedly, but the room remained dark. Seeing their peculiar behavior, their mother, who was busy in the kitchen, asked, 'What are you doing?' The children replied, 'The room is too dark, so we are trying to sweep the sunlight in.' Their mother smiled and said, 'Just open the window, and the sunlight will come in naturally. Why bother sweeping?'
Moral: Open your mind, and the sunlight of success will dispel the darkness of failure.
有一对四五岁的兄弟，因为卧室的窗户始终紧闭，觉得屋里太阴暗，看到外面灿烂的阳光便心生羡慕。于是，两个孩子商量着要用扫帚把阳光“扫”进屋里。他们拿着扫帚和畚箕跑到阳台上，费力地试图捕捉阳光，可每当他们把畚箕搬回房间，阳光就消失不见了。这种尝试重复了很多次，屋内依然不见亮光。这时，正在厨房忙碌的妈妈看到了这有趣的一幕，好奇地问：“你们在做什么呢？”孩子们回答说：“屋里太暗了，我们要把阳光扫进来。”妈妈笑着说：“只要把窗户打开，阳光自然会照进来，何必费劲去扫呢？”
秘诀：敞开心扉，成功的阳光便会驱散失败的阴影。