中国传统故事英文哪吒闹海二篇

NezhaConquerstheDragonKingOnceuponatime,therewasagen-eralnamedLiJingwhowasinchargeofguardingChentangPass.Hiswifegavebirthtoaroundballofmeataftershewaspregnantforthreeyears.LiJingwassosurprisedthathethoughtitwasanominousthing,soheraisedhisswordandsplitthemeatballInsidethere

wasa

littleboywithagoldbraceletandred

silk.Hewasplumpand

verycute.Taiyisaid,"Therearetwomagicweaponswhichthebabywears,oneiscalled

HuntianSilk,theotheriscalledQiankunRing.Iwanttotakeyoursonasanapprentic,

andwhydon'tyoucallhimNezha?"Hearingthesewords,LiJingnoddedandwasrelieved.WhenNezhawassevenyearsold,theDragonKingoftheEastSeadidn'trainatall.What'smore,manyboysandgirlsweretakenbyforcefromtimetotime.Itledtotheriversdriedupandthelandcracked.Thepeoplehadlttlefoodtoeatandledareallyhardlife.Oneday,itwasextremelyhot!

Little

Nezharan

totheEastSeatotakeabath.NezhaswungHuntianSilkforafewtimesinthewater,butthewaterbecamesoroughthatthecrystalpalacewheretheDragonKinglivedshookviolently.Suddenly,theseacameaburstofchildren'scry.ItturnedouttobeYechaMonsteroftheEastSeawhowasrobbingtheboysandgirlsonceagain.WhenNezhasawthisscene,

heangrilygotintoafightwithYechaMonster.ThenNezhathrewtheQiankunRingtowardsYecha'shead.AlthoughtheQiankunRinglookedquitesmall,infactitwasheavierthanabighill.YechaMonsterdidn'tduckfastenoughtoavoidit.Asaresult,YechaMonsterdied.WhenAoBing,thethirdPrinceoftheDragonKingcamehere,

hefoundYechaMonsterwasalreadydead.

AoBingbecamesofuriousthatheaskedNezhatogivehimanplanationbutinvain.Theystruggledwitheachother.Nezharodeonthedragon'sback

andputtheHuntianSilkonit,soAoBingcouldn'tmoveatall.

ThenNezhathrewtheQiankunRingoverAoBing'sheadandAoBingdiedtoo.TheDragonKingoftheEastSeawasenragedbecauseofthedeathofhisson.SotheDragonKinggavetheordertofloodtheareaofChentangPass.HethreatenedtodrownallthepeopleifLiJingdidn'thandoverNezha.Nezhadidnot

intendtoget

his

parents

andthepeople

into

trouble,

so

he

sadlydrew

hissword

out

andcommitted

suicidewithit

in

frontof

the

Dragon

King.ThentheDragonKingletthefloodrecede,afterwatchingthesuicideofNezha.Atthistime,Taiyicamehereandpickedlotuses,lotusleavesandtenderlotusrootsfromthelotuspond.TaiyiusedmagictoturnthenintoNezha'sbodyandlimbs.

Finally,Nezhacamebacktolife.Taiyialsosenthisapprenticeanothertwomagicweapons:theFireSpearandtheWindFireWheels.AfterNezha'srebirth,hesteppedontheWindFireWheelstotheEastSea.ThistimeNezhaattackedthedragonpalaceandcapturedtheDragonKingalive.Sohebecamealittleherointhemindofthepeople.CaochongweighedanElephantIntheperiodoftheThreeKinodoms.SunQuanoftheWuKingdomoncegaveCaoCaoanelephantas

a

present.Onhearingthis,CaoCaoandhistopofficialsweresohappythattheyallwentoutsidetolookat

it.AyoungboyfollowedCaoCaoclosely.HewasCaoChong,CaoCao'sson.Wow！Theelephantwassohuge！Thefourlegsasalonewereasthickasthepillarsofapalace,Despiteitssize,theelephantwasquitetame.Wantingtoseehowbigtheelephantwas,CaoChonggotveryclosetoit,onlytofindthathecoudbarelyreachuptotheelephant'sbelly.Onseeingthis,CaoCaosaidtoeveryone,"I

wonderhowmuchthishugeelephantweighsDoesanyonehave

anyideahowtoweighit?""Howcanweweigh

athingthisbig?"Allthecivilandmilitaryofficialstartedtotalktoeachother,searching

for

anidea.Someonesaid,"Wecanonlyweighitifwebuildahugesetofscales."Butimaginehowbigthatsetofscaleswouldhavetobe!Andevenwithsuchscales,itwouldbeimpossibletoweighalivingelephantonthem!Ageneralspokeinagruffvoice,"Thisiseasy!Weonlyhavetokillit,cutitup,andthenweighthepiecesonebyone."Onhearingthis,everyoneburstintolaughter.Whywouldanyonekillanelephantjusttohaveitweighed!Nooneelsecouldfigureoutabetteridea.Thecivilandmilitaryofficialsallhungtheirheadsinshameandstoppedtalking.Justthen,CaoChongwalkedinfrontofeverybodyandsaid,"Ihaveasolutiontoweightheelephantproperly.”SeeingthatitwashisbelovedsonCaoChong,CaoCaopretendedtobeangry,andsaid,"Nooneinmycourtcanfigureouthowtoweighanelephant.Sohowcanyou,amerechild,solvethisproblem?"CaoChongthenwhisperedsomethingintoCaoCao'searsthatmadeCaoCaosmile.CaoCaoimmediatelytoldeveryone,"Followme!Let'sgototheriversideandwatchthiselephantbeingweighed!"AbigboatwasmooredintheriverCaoChongaskedsomeonetoleadtheelephantontotheboat.Theelephantwassoheavy!Themomentitgotontotheboat,theboatwentdownalot.Whentheboatstoppedrocking,CaoChongcutamarkalongthewaterlineonthesideoftheboatwithasmalldagger.Thenheaskedsomeonetoleadtheelephantbackontothebank.Everybodywatchedwiththeireyeswideopen,butnobodyhadtheslightestcluewhatwasgoingon.Afterthat,CaoChongaskedpeopletoaetalotofrocksandslowlyloadthemontotheboat.Themorerocksthatwereloaded,thedeepertheboatsank.Assoonastheboatsanktothelevelwherethewaterlinemetthemarkonthesideoftheboat,CaoChongshouted,"Stop!"Atlast,everbodyrealizedwhatwasgoingon."Hooray!Hooray!"Peoplestartedcheerinqandclapping,marvelingatthiscleveridea.Nowthe