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• 1.If you want nothing
• The crow（乌鸦） was sitting on the tree doing nothing all a day. A small rabbit saw the crow, and asked him: Can I also sit like you and do nothing a...
• 2.Who Deserves Help?
• Many years ago, there lived a very rich man who wanted to do something for the people of his town. But first he wanted to find out whether they deserv...
• 3.夏娃的孩子们
• When Adam and Eve were driven from paradise, they were forced to build a house for themselves on barren（贫瘠的） ground, and eat their bread by the s...
• 4.The Cobbler and the Banker
• A cobbler（补鞋匠，工匠） passed his time in singing from morning till night; it was wonderful to see, wonderful to hear him; he was more contented in...
• 5.朝三暮四
• In the Spring and Autumn Period, a man in the state of Song raised monkeys. The monkeys could understand what he said. As the man became poor, he want...
• 6.画蛇添足
• In the Warring States Period, a man in the state of Chu was offering a sacrifice（祭品） to his ancestors. After the ceremony, the man gave a beaker o...
• 7.狼狈为奸
• A wolf and a jackal（豺，走狗） often went hunting together. Once they came to a sheepfold（羊圈） the walls of which were frimly built and too high f...
• 8.老马识途
• In the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Huan of Qi led an army to attack a small state in the north. They went in spring when green grass covered the gr...
• 9.名落孙山
• In the Song Dynasty(960-1279) there was a joker called Sun Shan. One year he went to take the imperial examination, and came bottom of the list of suc...
• 10.破釜沉舟
• During the late years of the Qi Dynasty(221-206BC), Xiang Yu led a rebellion. After crossing the Zhang River, Xiang Yu ordered his men to sink all the...