The thirsty crow 口干舌燥的烏鴉
There once lived a young crow in the countryside. One summer, there was no rain and it was very hot. The crow was very thirsty, but he couldn't find any water.
"How can I survive?" he thought. "I must have water or I'll die!"
Just then he saw a farmhouse. Outside the house, there was a vase with some water at the bottom. He tried to drink, but he couldn't reach the water inside.
The young crow didn't know what to do. He leaned against the vase and cried.
"Will somebody please help me?" sobbed the crow. He cried and cried, but nobody heard him. Finally, he dried his eyes and stood up.
He tried knocking over the vase, but it was too heavy. Then he tried breaking it, but he wasn't strong enough. Finally, he had a good idea. He began dropping stones into the vase. The water slowly rose to the top. At last, the crow could drink.
"What wonderful water!" said the crow. "I'm glad that I didn't waste all my time by crying. Thinking is much better than crying!
how to get a seat by the fire a gentleman came to an inn on a very cold day, and could get no room near the fire. he called to the hostler to fetch a peck of oysters, and give them to his horse. "will your horse eat oysters?” said the hostler. "try him,” said the gentleman. immediately the people ran to see this wonder, and the gentleman who alone remained in the room, chose the best seat by the fire and made himself comfortable.
怎樣在火爐旁找個座位 在一個嚴寒的冬日,一位紳士來到了一家小客棧,發現火爐旁沒有空位了.于是,他讓旅店里的馬倌去取些牡蠣來喂他的馬。 馬倌說:"您的馬吃牡蠣嗎?" "你試著喂吧."紳士答道。 傾刻間,人們都跑去看這一奇觀,而紳士卻獨自呆在屋里,他在爐旁找了個最好的座位,怡然自得起來。