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井里的驴

井裏的驢

Level 6 · 寓言故事 · 54 vocabulary words

Source: 现代寓言 · Modern folk tale

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

A donkey fell into a dry well. Unable to save it, the farmer decided to fill the well in.

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

Shovelful after shovelful of earth fell, and the donkey despaired.

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

Then it discovered: shake the earth off its back, stamp it down, and it rose a little.

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

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

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

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

困难kùn nan落là在zài身上shēn shang,抖dǒu一yī抖dǒu,踩cǎi在zài脚jiǎo下xià,就jìu成chéng了liǎo台阶tái jiē。

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

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