聪明的阿凡提
Clever Afanti
Level 3 · 童话故事 · 童话故事 · 74 vocabulary words
Source: 中国童话 · Chinese children's tale
新疆有个聪明人叫阿凡提,他骑着小毛驴,专门帮穷人。
In Xinjiang lived a clever man, Afanti, who rode a little donkey and helped the poor.
巴依老爷欺负穷人,穷人在他墙边烤火取暖,他连这点暖和气也要收钱。阿凡提说:那我买你的影子!
A rich lord charged the poor even for sitting in the shade of his wall. Afanti said: then I will buy your shadow!
他给了巴依一点钱,天天带着毛驴坐在影子下吃西瓜,还说:影子里的一切都是我的。巴依只好把钱还了。
He paid a little and sat in the shade every day eating watermelon, declaring everything in the shadow his. The lord had to give the money back.
阿凡提的故事在新疆一代一代传下来。他告诉我们:聪明人不用力气,也能赢不讲理的人。
Afanti's tales have passed down for generations in Xinjiang. They tell us cleverness can beat unfairness without lifting a hand.