中国传统故事英文司马光砸缸二篇

SimaGuangBreakstheVatIntheSongDynasty,therewasacleverchildnamedSimaGuang.Oneday,SimaGuangandhisfriendsplayedhide-and-seekinthebackyard.Theboyblindfoldedandsho-utedloudly,"Istartcountingten,andIwillcatchyou."Allthechildrenwerehiding,somebehindthetrees,someamongthegrasses,aswellasoneontherockery.Theboycouldnotwaittoturnaroundandsaid,"Timeisup!"Theothersallheldtheirbreathanddidn'tintendtobefound.Whiletheboywaslookingforthem,someonesuddenlyyelled,"Alas!"Sochildrenfollowedthesound.Itturnedoutthattheboyontherockeryslippedandfellintothebigvat.

Oh,itwasterrible!Hestruggledhard,buthestillsankdownintothewater.Itseemedthewaterclsedoverhisheadanditwasdangerous.SimaGuangwantedtosavethedrowningboy,butthevatwastoohightoreach.Hecouldnotevengetthetopofthevat.Theotherchildrenweresofrightenedthattheyoredandshoutedloudly,

and

ranoutoftheyardtolookforhelpfromtheadults.

OnlySimaGuangkeptcalmandlooked

around

carefully.Suddenlyheglancedatthegrassandsawalargestone.SimaGuanggotanidea.Hethoughtthatif

hehitthevatwiththisstone,hecouldrescuethelittlefellow.ThereforeSimaGuangimmediatelytriedtomovethestone.Whataheavystoneitwas!Ittookhistremendousefforttomoveit.SimaGuangshouted,"One,two,three."Andhethrewthestonetothevatwithallhismight.Thevatwasbrokenwithabangandthewaterflowedoutofthebighole.Afterawhile,thedrowningboyslippedoutoftheholealongthewater.Hislittlefriendwasfinallysaved.Thesavedchild'sfamilyreallyappreciatedhishelp.Sotheywenttohishouseandthankedhimwithgiftthenextday.Soonthestoryaboutsavingaboyspreadthroughthestreets.AsSimaGuanggrowingup,hewaslearnedandcapable.Hewasnot

onlyhonestandupright,butalsobecame

afamousprimeministerof

NorthernSongDynasty.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.Nowtheonlythingthathadtobedonewastoweighalltherocksandthenaddupthetotaltoknowtheexactweightoftheelephant.Whentheweighingofalltherockswasfinished,thesoldierinchargewasjustabouttoreportthefinalnumber.CaoChongstoppedhim,"Holdon!WhenImadethemark,Iwasalsoonboardwiththeelephant,somyweightshouldbesubtractedfromthefi