这是一个第三类条件句，用于对过去已经发生的事实进行虚拟假设。
In Goethe's "Ballads," there is a profound story: once, Jesus was traveling with his disciple Peter. Along the way, they found a piece of scrap iron. Jesus asked Peter to pick it up, but Peter, being too lazy to bend down, pretended not to hear. Jesus said nothing, but bent down himself, picked up the iron, and exchanged it at a blacksmith's for a few coins, which he used to buy several cherries. As they left the city and walked into the vast wilderness, they found no people or water. Sensing that Peter was thirsty, Jesus deliberately dropped a cherry. Seeing this, Peter rushed to pick it up and eat it. As Jesus continued to drop cherries along the way, Peter was forced to bend down repeatedly in distress. Jesus smiled and said to him, "If you had bent down just once then, you wouldn't have had to bend down endlessly later. If you neglect the small things, you will find yourself struggling with much greater tasks."
People might laugh at this story, but in reality, there are many people in our lives just like Peter.
在歌德的《叙事谣曲》中，有一个引人深思的故事：有一次，耶稣带着他的门徒彼得外出远行，途中发现了一块破烂的马蹄铁，耶稣便请彼得捡起来。然而彼得因懒得弯腰，假装没有听见。耶稣并没有说什么，自己弯腰拣起马蹄铁，并用它在铁匠那里换了几文钱，买下了十几颗樱桃。两人走出城外，进入了荒无人烟且缺乏水源的荒野。耶稣察觉到彼得十分口渴，便故意弄掉了一颗樱桃。彼得见状，赶紧捡起来吃掉。此后，耶稣边走边丢，彼得也只能狼狈地一次次弯腰。耶稣笑着对他说：“要是你刚才弯一次腰，就不会在后来没完没了地弯腰。小事不干，就将在更多的事上操劳。”
听完这个故事，人们往往会付诸一笑。但事实上，在现实生活中，像彼得这样的人随处可见。