The Foolish Old Man Moves the Mountains
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愚公九十岁了,家门前两座大山挡路,出门要绕很远。
Old Fool, ninety, had two mountains blocking his door, every trip went the long way around.
他把全家叫来:我们把这两座山挖平吧。妻子说:土往哪里放?愚公说:倒进海里。
He called the family: let's dig them flat. His wife asked: where does the earth go? Into the sea, he said.
智叟笑他:你这么老了,山这么大,怎么可能?
Wise Old Man laughed: at your age, with mountains so big?
愚公说:我死了有儿子,儿子有孙子,子子孙孙挖下去,山不会长高,总会挖平的。
He said: when I die my sons dig on, then grandsons, the mountains never grow taller, so they will be dug flat.
天帝听说了很感动,派神仙把两座山搬走了。有恒心的人,大山也让路。
Heaven, moved, sent spirits to carry the mountains away. For the steadfast, even mountains step aside.