半杯水的故事英文如下：
Once upon a time, a man had a half glass of water. He was happy and joyful when he had this half glass of water. He was very excited and felt blessed. But when he went to pour water into the glass, he realized that there was only one glass. So he had to share the water with someone else. He poured some water into the other glass and shared it with his neighbor. When he finished pouring, he found that he had no more water in his original glass. So he decided to get another glass to hold water for himself. When he filled up the new glass, he realized that it was only half full.
He was very disappointed and confused because he had poured all the water into the other glass and now he only had half a glass of water. He thought about how lucky he was before when he had a full glass of water and how now he only had half a glass. He realized that life was like this, full of ups and downs, and you should appreciate what you have and not complain about what you don't have.
The moral of the story is that life is full of ups and downs, but we should appreciate what we have and not complain about what we don't have.