A Little Horse Croing the River 小马过河
There are an old horse and a little horse on a farm.One day the old horse asks the little horse to send the wheat to the mill.The little horse is very happy.He carries the wheat and runs toward the mill.But there is a river in front of the little horse.He stops and does not know what to do next.Just then Aunt Cow is paing by.
The little horse asks, “Aunt Cow, please tell me.Can I cro the river ”
Aunt Cow answers, “It is not deep, you can cro it.”
When the little horse begins to cro the river, a little squirrel shouts at him, “Little horse, don\'t cro it, you will be drowned.Yesterday one of my friends was drowned in this river.”
The little horse is very afraid.Finally he decides to go home and ask his mother.The old horse asks, “Why do you take the wheat back What\'s wrong with you My child.”
The little horse answers sadly, “There is a river in front of me.Aunt Cow said it was not deep.But the little squirrel said it was deep.What shall I do ”
The old horse says, “My child, you should try to cro the river by yourself.If you do not try, how do you know the river is deep or not ”
The little horse carries the wheat and returns to the riverside.At last, he succeeds in croing the river.Now, He knows how deep the river is.
Wolf and sheep
A wolf had been badly wounded by dogs.He lay sick and maimed in his lair.
He felt very hungry and thirsty.When a sheep paed by, he asked him to fetch some water from the stream.
\"If you bring me the water,\" he said, \"I will find means to get some food.\"
\"Yes,\" said the sheep, \"if I bring you the water, you would undoubtedly make me your food.\"
Little boy and god
A little boy asked god, \"how long is a million years to you?\" God replied: \"like a minute.\" The little boy ask again: \"how much is a hundred million yuanto you?\" God replied: \"like a dollar.\" The little boy ask god to say: \"that you can give me a dollar money?\" God replied: \"certainly, as long as you give me a minute.\"
The Fox and the Crow“狐狸和乌鸦”
One day a crow stood on a branch near his nest and felt very happy with the meat in his mouth.At that time, a fox saw the crow with the meat, so he swallowed and eagerly thought of a plan to get the meat.However, whatever the fox said to the crow, the crow just kept silent.Until the fox thought highly of the crow’s beautiful voice, the crow felt flattered and opened his mouth to sing.As soon as the meat fell down to the ground, the fox took the meat and went into his hole.
Draw a Snake and Add Feet to It“画蛇添足”
Long long ago, several people had a jar of wine among them and all of them wanted to drink it by himself.So they set a rule that every one would draw a snake on
the ground and the man who finished first would have the wine.One man finished his snake very soon and he was about to drink the wine when he saw the others were still busy drawing, so he decided to draw the feet to the snake.However, before he could finish the feet, another man finished and grabbed the jar from him, saying, \"Who has ever seen a snake with feet?” The story of \"Draw a snake and add feet to It.” tells us going too far is as bad as not going far enough.
The Old Cat
An old woman had a cat.The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old.One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse.But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.
Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse.She began to hit the cat.The cat said, \"Do not hit your old servant.I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old.Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young.\"
