老鼠嫁女兒
The Mouse's Marriage
Level 3 · Fables · 寓言故事 · 42 vocabulary words
Source: 《伊索寓言》 · Aesop's Fables
老鼠爸爸想给女儿找一个最强的丈夫。
A father mouse wanted the strongest husband for his daughter.
他先去找太阳。太阳说:云比我强,云能挡住我。他去找云,云说:风比我强,风能吹散我。
He went to the sun. The sun said: the cloud is stronger — it blocks me. To the cloud, which said: the wind is stronger — it scatters me.
他去找风,风说:墙比我强,我吹不动墙。他去找墙,墙说:老鼠比我强,老鼠能打洞穿过我。
To the wind, which said: the wall is stronger — I can't blow it down. To the wall, which said: the mouse is stronger — it burrows right through me.
老鼠爸爸明白了:老鼠才是最厉害的,就把女儿嫁给了一只老鼠。
The father understood — the strongest is the mouse — and married his daughter to a mouse.