日期:2012-11-08 If you have ever been discouraged because of failure, please read on. For often, achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing. Let me explain. Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple... 阅读全文>> 日期:2012-10-19 Long ago in a small, faraway village, there was a place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. When he arrived, he hounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looke... 阅读全文>> 日期:2012-09-20 A marvelous(了不起的) lesson appeared for me just now as I was exiting through the garage. As I opened the garage door, I startled a large moth, which, upon spreading its wings, displayed a bright red tail hidden by the motley(杂色的) brown wing... 阅读全文>> 日期:2012-09-20 There were two pots on the bank of a river. One was made of brass(黄铜) , and the other was made of clay. When the water rose they both floated off down the river. The earthen pot tried to stay away from the brass one. So, the brass pot cried out,... 阅读全文>> 日期:2012-09-11 I have in my hands two boxes which God gave me to hold. He said, Put all your sarrows in the black box, and all your joys in the gold. I heeded his words, and in the two boxes both my joys and sarrows I stored. But though the gold became heavier eac... 阅读全文>> 日期:2012-09-07 A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men aboard were able to swim to a small, desert-like island. Not knowing what else to do, the two survivors agreed that they had no other recourse(求援) than to pray to God. How... 阅读全文>> 日期:2012-09-04 Once upon a time a teacher and his student lay down under the big tree near the big grass area. Then suddenly the student asked the teacher. Teacher, I'm confused, how do we find our soul mate? Can you please help me? Silent for a few seconds, the t... 阅读全文>> 日期:2012-09-04 A group of frogs was traveling through the woods and two of them fell into a deep pit. Immediately, all the other frogs in the group gathered around the pit and watched as the imprisoned frogs tried to jump out. The frogs on top could see that the p... 阅读全文>> 日期:2012-06-21 Once there lived a rich merchant and a poor shoemaker in the same house. The merchant occupied the second floor, but the shoemaker lived and worked in a small room on the first floor. The shoemaker was one of the happiest persons on earth. He worked... 阅读全文>> 日期:2012-04-11 Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all constructed boats and left. Except... 阅读全文>> 日期:2012-04-10 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 all day long? The crow answered: Sure, why not? So the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow, and... 阅读全文>> 日期:2012-04-10 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 deserved his help. So he placed a very large stone in the center of the main road into town. Then he hid... 阅读全文>> 日期:2012-03-29 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 sweat of their brow(眉毛) . Adam hoed the field, and Eve spun the wool. Every year Eve brought a c... 阅读全文>> 日期:2012-03-29 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 shoes, than was any of the seven sages. his neighbor, on the contrary, who was rolling in wealth,... 阅读全文>> 日期:2012-02-08 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 wanted to reduce the monkeys' food. He first suggested that he give them three acorns(橡子) in the mo... 阅读全文>> 日期:2012-02-08 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 of wine to his servants. The servants thought that there was not enought wine for all of them, and d... 阅读全文>> 日期:2012-02-08 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 for them to get over. Then they had an idea: Since the wolf had long forelegs and short hindlegs, wh... 阅读全文>> 日期:2012-02-08 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 ground. But when they came back it was winter. Everywhere was white with snow and the wind was howbin... 阅读全文>> 日期:2012-02-08 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 successful candidates. Back in his hometown, one of his neighbours asked him whether the neighbour's s... 阅读全文>> 日期:2012-02-08 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 their boats and break their cooking pots. He issued each soldier three days' rations(给养) and warne... 阅读全文>> |
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