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老鼠嫁女儿

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lǎo鼠shǔ爸bà爸bà想xiǎng给gěi女儿nǚ ér找zhǎo一yī个gè最zuì强qiáng的de丈夫zhàng fu。

A father mouse wanted the strongest husband for his daughter.

他tā先xiān去qù找zhǎo太阳tài yang。太阳tài yang说shuō:云yún比bǐ我wǒ强qiáng,云yún能néng挡dǎng住zhù我wǒ。他tā去qù找zhǎo云yún,云yún说shuō:风fēng比bǐ我wǒ强qiáng,风fēng能néng吹chuī散sǎn我wǒ。

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tā去qù找zhǎo风fēng,风fēng说shuō:墙qiáng比bǐ我wǒ强qiáng,我wǒ吹chuī不bù动dòng墙qiáng。他tā去qù找zhǎo墙qiáng,墙qiáng说shuō:老lǎo鼠shǔ比bǐ我wǒ强qiáng,老lǎo鼠shǔ能néng打dǎ洞dòng穿过chuān guò我wǒ。

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lǎo鼠shǔ爸bà爸bà明白míng bai了liǎo:老lǎo鼠shǔ才cái是shì最zuì厉害lì hai的de,就jìu把bǎ女儿nǚ ér嫁jià给gěi了liǎo一yī只zhī老lǎo鼠shǔ。

The father understood — the strongest is the mouse — and married his daughter to a mouse.

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