猎人海力布
Hailibu the Hunter
Level 5 · Idiom Stories · 成语故事 · 75 vocabulary words
Source: 民间传说(蒙古族) · Folk tradition (Mongolian)
猎人海力布救了一条小白蛇,是龙王的女儿。龙王送他一颗宝石,含着宝石能听懂动物的话,可是说出去就会变成石头。
The hunter Hailibu saved a little white snake, the Dragon King's daughter, and was given a gem that let him understand animals, on pain of turning to stone if he told.
一天海力布听见鸟儿说:今晚山洪要来,村子要淹了。
One day he heard birds warn: tonight a flood will drown the village.
他跑回去劝乡亲们搬家,大家都不信。海力布没有办法,说出了实情。
He begged the villagers to flee; they wouldn't believe him. He told them the secret.
话刚说完,他就变成了石头。乡亲们搬走了,躲过洪水,从此把石头海力布供起来纪念他。
The moment the words left his lips, he became stone. The villagers fled the flood and raised a shrine to the stone that had been Hailibu.