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井里的驴

井裏的驢

The Donkey in the Well

Level 4 · Fables · 寓言故事 · 54 vocabulary words

Source: 寓言(伊索体系) · Fable in the Aesop tradition

一头yì tóu驴lǘ掉diào进jìn了le一yì口kǒu枯kū井jǐng,农nóng夫fū想xiǎng不bù出chū办法bàn fǎ救jiù它tā,决定jué dìng把bǎ井jǐng填tián了le。

A donkey fell into a dry well. The farmer could think of no way to save it, and decided to fill the well in.

泥土ní tǔ一yì铲chǎn一yì铲chǎn落下luò xià来lái,驴lǘ子zǐ很hěn伤心shāng xīn。

Shovel after shovel of dirt rained down, and the donkey was heartbroken.

后来hòu lái它tā发现fā xiàn:土tǔ落luò在zài背bèi上shàng,抖dǒu一yì抖dǒu,踩cǎi在zài脚jiǎo下xià,自己zì jǐ就jiù升高shēng gāo了le一yì点diǎn。

Then it discovered: when dirt lands on your back, shake it off and stamp it down, you rise a little.

它tā不停bù tíng地de抖dǒu落luò泥土ní tǔ,踩cǎi在zài土tǔ上shàng。

It kept shaking the dirt off and stepping up on it.

最后zuì hòu,驴lǘ子zǐ一yí步bù一yí步bù,走zǒu到dào了le井jǐng口kǒu,跳tiào了le出来chū lái。

At last, step by step, it reached the mouth of the well and jumped out.

困难kùn nan落luò在zài身上shēn shang,抖dǒu一yì抖dǒu,踩cǎi在zài脚jiǎo下xià,就jiù成chéng了le台阶tái jiē。

When hardship falls on you, shake it off and stand on it, it becomes a staircase.

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