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08 网工 幸The Charcoal-Burner and the Fuller 烧炭人和漂布人 A Charcoal-Burner carried on his trade in his own house. One day he met a friend, a Fuller, and entreated him to come and live with him, saying that they should be far better neighbors and that their housekeeping expenses would be lessened. The Fuller replied, The arrangement is impossible as far as I am concerned, for whatever I should whiten, you would immediately blacken again with your charcoal. Hercules and the Wagoner大力神和车夫 A carter was driving a wagon along a country lane, when the wheels sank down deep into a rut. The rustic driver, stupefied and aghast, stood looking at the wagon, and did nothing but utter loud cries to Hercules to come and help him. Hercules, it is said, appeared and thus addressed him: Put your shoulders to the wheels, my man. Goad on your bullocks, and never more pray to me for help, until you have done your best to help yourself, or depend upon it you will henceforth pray in vain.The Cock and the Jewel A COCK, scratching for food for himself and his hens, found a precious stone and exclaimed: If your owner had found thee(you), and not I, he would have taken thee(you) up, and have set thee in thy first estate; but I have found thee(you) for no purpose. I would rather have one barleycorn than all the jewels in the world.一生之爱once upon a time a teacher and his student lay down under the big tree near the big grass area. Then suddenly the student asked the teacher. Teacher, Im confused, how do we find our soul mate? Can you please help me? Silent for a few seconds, the teacher then answered, Well, its a pretty hard and an easy question. The teacher continued, Look that way, there is a lot of grass, why dont you walk there? Please dont walk backwards, just walk straight ahead. On your way, try to find a blade of beautiful grass and pick it up and then give it to me. But just one. The student said, Well, OK then. wait for me. and walked straight ahead to the grassy field. A few minutes later the student came back. The teacher asked, Well, I dont see a beautiful blade of grass in your hand. The student said, On my journey, I found quite a few beautiful blade of grass, but I thought that I would find a better one, so I didnt pick it. But I didnt realize that I was at the end of the field, and I hadnt picked any because you told me not to go back, so I didnt go back. The teacher said, Thats what will happen in real life.What is the message of this story? In the story, grass is the people around you, the beautiful blade of grass is the people that attract you and the grassy field is time. In looking for your soul mate, please dont always compare and hope that there will be a better one. By doing that, youll waste your lifetime, cause remember Time Never Goes Back.The Three Lazy Ones A king had three sons whom he loved equally well, and he did not know which of them to appoint as king following his own death. When the time came for him to die he called them to his bed and said, “Dear children, I have thought of something that I will reveal to you. The one of you is the laziest shall become king after me.” The oldest one said, “Father, then the kingdom belongs to me, for I am so lazy that whenever I lie down to sleep, and a drop falls into my eyes, I will not even close them so that I can fall asleep.” The second one said, “Father, the kingdom belongs to me, for I am so lazy that when I am sitting by the fire warming myself, I would rather let my heels burn up than to pull my legs back.” The third one said, “Father, the kingdom is mine, for I am so lazy that if I were going to be hanged and already had the rope around my neck, and someone put into my hand a sharp knife with which to cut the rope, I would let myself be hanged rather than to lift my hand up to the rope.”A Miser, to make sure of his property, sold all that he had had converted it into a great lump of gold, which he hid in a hole in the ground, and went continually to visit and inspect it. This roused the curiosity of one of his workmen, who, suspecting that there was a treasure, when his masters back was turned went to the spot and stole it away. When the Miser returned and found the place empty, he wept and tore his hair. But a neighbor who saw him in this extravagant grief, and learned the cause of it, said: Fret thyself no longer, but take a stone and put it in the same place, and think that it is your lump of gold; for, as you never meant to use it, the one will do you as much gold as the other. 词汇: extravagant 过分的 thyself = yourselfA hart in the ox-stallA hart was being pursued by some dogs. It ran into an ox-stall, and hid itself in a truss of hay. Only the tips of its horns could be seen. Soon after the hunters came to the stable, and asked if anyone had seen the hart. The stable boys looked around, but could see nothing. So the hunters went away. Later the master came in. He looked around, and saw that something unusual was there. He pointed to the truss of hay, and asked, What are those two strange things? When the stable boys went to look, they discovered the hart.牛粪中的小鸟A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold,the bird froze and fell to the ground in a large field.While it was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on it. As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, it began to realize how warm it was. The dung was actually thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy and soon began to sing A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate.Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung and promptly dug him out and ate him!青蛙和牛An ox, grazing in a swampy meadow, chanced to set his foot among a parcel of young frogs, and crushed nearly the whole brood to death .One that escaped ran off to his mother with the dreadful news.and ,oh ,mother !said he ,it was a beast -such a big four footed beast!-that did it .Big? quoth the old frog , How big? Was it as big - and she puffed herself out to a great degree-as big as this ?oh!said the little one ,a great deal bigger than that .well, was it so big ?and she swelled herself out yet mere .Indeed ,mother ,but it was ,and of you were to burst yourself you would never reach half its voked at such a disparagement of her powers, the old frog made one more trial ,and burst herself indeed. So men are ruined by attempting greatness to which they have no claim.词汇: grazing 吃草 a parcel of 一群 brood 一窝 quoth 说(古代) puffed herself out 鼓气把自己吹大 disparagement 轻视母狮子There was a great stir made among all the Beasts, which could boast of largest family. So they came to the Lioness. And how many, said , do you have at a birth? One, said she, grimly, but that one is a lion. Quality comes before quantity词汇: stir 轰动,骚动 boast of 自夸 at a birth 一胎 grimly 冷酷地,可怕地The Lion and the Mouse A LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up angrily, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness. The Lion laughed and let him go. It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground. The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came and gnawed the rope with his teeth and set him free, exclaiming: You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favor; now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to con benefits on a Lion.The Ass and the Grasshopper AN ASS having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such beautiful voices. They replied, The dew. The Ass resolved that he would live only upon dew, and in a short time died of hunger.The Bat and the Weasels A BAT who fell upon the ground and was caught by a Weasel pleaded to be spared his life. The Weasel refused, saying that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. The Bat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, and thus was set free. Shortly afterwards the Bat again fell to the ground and was caught by another Weasel, whom he likewise entreated not to eat him. The Weasel said that he had a special hostility to mice. The Bat assured him that he was not a mouse, but a bat, and thus a second time escaped. It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.The Wolf and the Lamb 狼与小羊 WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolfs right to eat him. He thus addressed him:Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me. Indeed, bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, I was not then born. Then said the Wolf , You feed in my pasture. No, good sir, replied the Lamb, I have not yet tasted grass. Again said the Wolf, You drink of my well. No, exclaimed the Lamb, I never yet drank water, for as yet my mothers milk is both food and drink to me. Upon which the Wolf seized him and ate him up, saying, Well! I wont remain supperless, even though you refute every one of my imputations. The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.Donkeys and his shadowA tourist hired a donkey, to Jizhaota to distant。That weather is very hot, Chiri hothead.He stopped to rest, refuge in the shadow of the donkey, and a shade to avoid exposure.Donkeys barely enough to cover the shadow of a person, then the owner of passengers and donkeys to shade fierce fighting, no one think they have this right.Donkey owner insisted that he only letting donkeys themselves, not the shadow of letting donkeys.The visitors said that he employed the donkeys themselves, including donkeys and shadow.They debate, and even fight each other up.When they fight, donkeys away.It is said that people often trivial bickering, thus losing the most important things.Three craftsmenA siege of the city of the enemy, the city residents to get together to discuss common fight against the enemys approachA build Carpenter to come forward to advocate the use of bricks as a resist material; a carpenter decided to propose to the enemy using wood is the best method; a cobbler, stood up and said: Gentlemen, I do not agree with your views and I think that as resist material, as no better than what Paper. It is said that people are accustomed to from their own point of view, the view that they are familiar with what is the best.Catch stone fishermanFisherman who dragnet, feel very heavy, they danced for joy, thinking that this suddenly catch a lot of fish.the network pulled the shore, net full of stones and other things, not a fish.They are very Yusang, did not catch fish inverted worth mentioning at all uncomfortable with the fact that they expected the opposite is true.One of them elderly fisherman said: friends, not sadness, joy and pain together total, they like a sister. Advance happy we have, and now had to endure the pain a little bit.The story is that life is happening, as sometimes sunny skies will suddenly turmoil, not because of setbacks and frustration.Children and Ramie苎麻A child was careless Ramie stabbed, he rushed home and told his mother: I only lightly Pengyi what, it was my painful thorns. Mom said: Because of this, it will thorn you. if the next time you met Ramie, to a courageous and seize it, it will be in your hands become soft as silk, you will no longer be stabbed. It is said that many people are serving hard against soft.Once upon a time there was a poor man who could no longer afford to keep his only son. So his son said: Dear father, you have fallen on very hard times and Im a burden to you; it will be better if I go away and try to earn my living. His father gave him his blessing and took leave of him with great sadness. At this time the king of a powerful kingdom was engaged in a war; the young man took service with him and joined the fighting. And when they met the enemy a battle took place, and there was great peril and a great hail of bullets, with his comrades falling all round him. And when even the commander was killed the rest wanted to take to their heels, but the young man stepped forward and rallied them, crying: We must not let our fatherland perish. At this the others followed him, and he pressed forward and defeated the enemy. When the king heard that he owed the victory to him alone, he raised him above all the others, gave him great wealth and made him the first man in his kingdom. The king had a daughter who was very beautiful, but there was also something very strange about her. She had made a vow to take no man for her lord and husband unless he promised to let himself be buried alive with her if she died before him. If he truly loves me, she said, why would he want to go on living? In return she was prepared to do the same for him and go down into the grave with him if he died first. This strange vow had hitherto deterred all suitors, but the young man was so entranced by her beauty that he was heedless of everything, and asked her father for her hand. But do you know what promise you will have to make? said the king. I shall have to go to her grave with her if I outlive her, he replied, but my love is so great that I care not for this danger. Then the king consented and the marriage was celebrated with great magnificence. They now lived happily and contentedly for a time, and then it happened that the young queen fell seriously ill and no doctor could help her. And when she lay there dead, the young king remembered what he had had to promise, and he was filled with horror at the thought of being buried alive, but there was no help for it: the king had ordered all the gates to be watched, and there was no way of escaping his fate. When the day came for the queens dead body to be laid to rest in the royal vault, he was taken down into it with her, and then the door was locked and bolted. Beside the coffin stood a table on which there were four candles, four loaves of bread and four bottles of wine. As soon as these provisions gave out he would have to die of hunger. So there he sat full of grief and sorrow, eating only a morsel of bread each day and drinking only a mouthful of wine, and yet he realized that his death was coming closer and closer. Now as he sat there staring in front of him, he saw a snake crawl out of one corner of the vault and approach the coffin. Thinking it was going to gnaw at the dead body, he drew his sword and exclaimed: You shant touch her so long as I am alive! And he hacked the snake into three pieces. A few moments later a second snake came crawling out of the corner, but when it saw the other one lying dead and dismembered it turned back, and presently approached again carrying three green leaves in its mouth. Then it took the three pieces of the snake, put them together the way they belonged, and laid one of the leaves on each of the wounds. At once the dismembered parts joined, the snake stirred and came to life again, and both snakes crawled quickly away leaving the leaves behind them. The unfortunate prince had watched all this, and he now began to wonder whether the miraculous power of the leaves which had restored the snake to life might also help a human being. So he picked up the leaves and laid one of them on the dead womans mouth and the other two on her eyes. and scarcely had he done so when her blood stirred in her veins, rose into her pallid countenance and gave it the flush of life again. She drew breath, opened her eyes and said: Alas, where am I? You are with me, my dear wife, he answered and told her all that had happened and how he had revived her. Then he gave her some wine and bread and when she had recovered her strength she stood up, and they went to the door and knocked on it and shouted so loudly that the guards heard them and reported it to the king. The king himself came down and opened the door; he found both of them in full health and vigor, and rejoiced with them that now all their troubles were over. But the young king took the three snake-leaves with him, gave them to a servant and said: Keep them carefully for me, and carry them on you wherever you go; who knows what trouble they may yet help us out of. But since being brought back to life his wife had undergone a change: it was as if all her love for husband had been drained out of her heart. Some time later he decided to make a voyage across the sea to visit his old father, and after they had boarded the ship she forgot the great love and grace he had shown her and how he had saved her from death, and conceived a guilty passion for the ships captain. One day when the young king was lying there asleep, she called the captain and seized her sleeping husband by the head and made the captain take him by the feet, and thus they threw him into the sea. When this shameful deed had been done she said to the captain: Now lets go home, and well say he died at sea. You can leave it to me to keep