一、A Lion and a mouse
One fine day in spring, a mouse came out to the lawn and enjoyed the sun.
Surprisingly what he thought to be grass was actually Lion's mane. The lion awoke from his nap and shouted.
"What a luck! I was hungry and a mouse is in front of me! I should eat you!"
"Please, Lion! Don't eat me! If you just let me go, I wouldn't forget this!"
"What??? You will repay me?"
The Lion laughed at the mouse. But he pitied the mouse, he set the mouse free.
After several days, the Lion was caught in a hunter's net.
"I'll be dead." He sobbed.
"Lion! Don't cry, I'll help you!"
The mouse cut the net with his sharp teeth.
When the Lion was set free, he shed tears and said, "thank you, mouse. I'm sorry I sneered at you." The Lion and the mouse became good friends.
二、the Crow and Fox
A crow who had stolen a piece of meat,perched in a tree.
A fox that was passing by saw it and his mouth watered for the peace of meat.
So ,it stood under the tree and began to call up :"the crow's body is stout and the feathers is nice. It should be the king of all birds. If it could sing a sweet song, it would be worthy of being king." The crow opened his mouth in order to demonstrate it's voice, but the meat fell down from its break.
The frog ran forwards to the meat and derided to him:"if you were wise, you could be the king of the birds."
This story is fitting for those silly people.
三、the little child and a lion drawn on the wall.
A timit old man had a son who was brave and liked hunting.
Once,the old man dreamed that his son died pitifully of being bitten.
The old man was afraid that the dream would come ture.
So he built a nice strong house and shut his son in it.
On the wall,the old man drew all kinds of animals including a lion to make his son happy. However,the more his son saw them,the more tired he was of them.
One day, he stood near the lion and said,
disgusting beast,I am shut up because of you and my father's ridiculous dream.
He hit the wall with his fist as if he wanted to kill it.
However,a splinter went into his finger
It was painful and he had a fever
Soon,he was dead.
In fact ,the lion on the wall killed the child.
The father brought harm upon his son.
This is to say,the people shoud face dificulties and not try to avoid them.
四、Litter Deer and His Father
One day, a litter deer says to his father:" Father, why are you still afraid of the hunting dog?" You are taller than him,; you run faster than him. Also you can protect yourself with your big horns." His father smiles and says: "Son, you are right. However, I know that. I can't help running away as
soon as I hear the bark of the hunting dog."
This is to say: it is no use encouraging the coward.
五、The Ass and the Little Dog
A man raises a dog and an ass. He often larks with the dog.
One day, he goes out for a meal and brings some food for the dog. The dog is so happy to meet him and wags his tail. The ass envies this, so that he kicks the host. The man is so angry that he hits the ass and ties him in the stable.
This story tells us, it is not sure that the same thing is suitable for everyone.
六、The Lion and The Man Walk Together
One day, a lion and a man walk together.
They boast to each other.
On the way, they see a stone where a picture is carved a man has conquered some lions.
While pointing the picture and showing the lion, the man says: Look! This proves that we are stronger than you. haw-haw.
The lion says: Ah,ah, if a lion could carve you would see the picture where some people are defeated by a lion.
This story means: Incapable man are used to showing off in front of others.
七、The thirsty crow
A crow feels very thirsty, he flies toward a water pot,but the pot is almost empty. He tries his best to drink but in vain. Then,he tries to push the pot over so that the water can flow out. But he can't move the pot.Just then, he thinks up a better method.
One by one he puts stones into the pot.With each stone, the water level gradually increases. At last, the crow drinks the water and satisfies his thirst.
This story means: Wisdom is beyond strength.
八、The Fox And The Cat
Once upon a time, a cat met a fox in the forest.
The cat thought," the fox is clever and experienced,I should learn from him."
Then ,with a kind and pleasant countenance,
He says,"Hello, Fox my brother! how do you live through a farmine?"
The fox is very proud and it looks at him scornfully with his eyes half closed.
Then he says," You are so stupid,you can only catch mice.certainly, would go
hungry in a farmine"
The cats says modestly,"Compare to you,my skills are very few."
The fox says," what can you do except catch mice?"
The cat says,"If a big dog running after me,I can climb up a tree "
The fox says,"Climb up a tree.What sort of skill is that? I have hundreds of skills and a bag full of strategies.you are so pitiful! But because you are modest and polite to me,I would teach you how to avoid the big dog."
when he says this,a hunter comes with four hunting dogs.
As soon as the cat sees them,it climbs up on a tree and hides in the branches .
It says to the fox,"Brother fox,you should open your bag quick and take out a strategy!"
But the hunting dogs bite the fox.
The cat says,"Poor fox, it was no use boasting,if you had my little skill,you would not be killed!"
九、The mice held a meeting
Long ago, some mice kept getting attacked by a cat. So they held a meeting together. and discussed what to do.
At the meeting, each mouse had a different opinion, but all were voted down.
Finally, a little mouse proposed that they hang a small bell around the cat’s neck, when they heard the bell ring, they would run away. All the mice agreed with what the little mice said, and applauded him.
An old mouse who were sitting aside said nothing. Then it stood up and said：“This idea is very cleaver, but I think we will still have some trouble, the problem is who should we send to hang the small bell around the cat’s neck?
The story means that thinking up an idea is easyer than actually carrying out the plan.
十、The wolf and the old woman
A hungry wolf is searching for food everywhere.
When he comes to a cottage,he hears a child crying .An old woman fusses and say to the little child:Stop crying! Otherwise,i will throw you to the wolf .hearing this and the wolf believes that and waited outside.
The day becomes darker.He hears the old woman coaxing the child:Good baby ,if the wolf comes ,i will kill him .having heard this ,the wolf says :This old woman,why does she say this but do that ?
This story is suitable for those people who are double-dealing .
英语小短文带翻译100字20篇 1.A happy Day It was sunny and very hot today. I got up early and helped my parents cook breakfast. Then I washed the dishes and cleaned the room. After a short rest I did my homework in the morning. In the afternoon I went swimming in the nearest swimming pool with my friends. It was really cool to swim in such a hot day. I surfed the internet and read a storybook in the evening. I really had a busy and happy day. 今天天气晴朗比较热。我起得很早，帮父母做早饭。然后我洗碗打扫屋子。休息一会后我上午做作业。下午我和朋友去我家最近的游泳池游泳。在如此炎热的夏天游泳的确很棒。晚上我上网、看故事书。我今天很忙过得很快乐。 2.给笔友的一封信 Dear Lucy I am very glad to hear from you. Now let me introduce myself to you. My name is Li Lei. I am eleven years old. I am tall with a pair of glasses. Now I am studying at Yuying Primary School. I am in Class One，Grade 5. I like singing and playing the piano very much. I am good at English and Chinese. 很高兴收到你的来信。现在让我介绍我自己。我叫李雷。11岁。我高个子、带眼镜。我在育英小学。我在五年级一班。我非常喜欢唱歌和弹钢琴。我数学和语文学得都很好。 3。暑假打算 I will have a busy summer vacation. I am going to do my homework every day . I am going to the library to borrow some books and go to the shops to buy some books.I am going to do sports such as playing table tennis, swimming and so on. I am going to visit my grandparents and stay there for a week. I am going to help my parents do some housework. 我暑假会很忙。我每天要写作业。我打算去图书馆去借书、去商店买书。我要做运动，如：打乒乓球、游泳等。我要去看爷爷奶奶并在那住一周。我要帮父母做家务。 4.自我介绍 Hello, everyone. My name is Kelly. I am friendly and honest.I am good at English and maths. I like surfing the internet,playing computer games, watching TV and traveling. I also like playing table tennis and I am good at it ,too. I often play table tennis with my friends on weekends. And I want to be a famous table tennis player when I grow up. What I like most is to see the seagulls flying freely in the sky so I often go to the sea in summer. My favourite colour is white because I think white is symbolize purity. 大家好我的名字叫KELLY .我很友好、诚实。我擅长英语和数学。我爱上网、玩电脑网络游戏、看电视和旅游。我也喜欢打乒乓球。我经常和朋友们在周末打乒乓球，长大了我想当一个乒乓球运动员。最喜欢在海边看着海鸥自由自在的飞翔，因此在夏天我经常去海边。白色是我的最爱。因为我觉得白色是纯洁的象征。 5.A nice Sunday It is Sunday and it is a fine day today. We come to the People Park with our English teacher who came from Canada. Look ! Tom and other five boys are playing
英语短文故事十篇带翻译 英语短文故事 短文一: The science teacher lecturing his class in biology said, “Now I’ll show you this frog in my pocket.” He then reached into his pocket and pulled out a chicken sandwich. He looked puzzled for a second, thought deeply, and said, “That’s funny. I distinctly remember eating my lunch.” 短文二： During the heat of the space race in the 1960s, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration decided it needed a ball point pen to write in the zero gravity confines of its space capsules. After considerable research and development, the Astronaut Pen was developed at a cost of approximately $1million U.S. The pen worked and also enjoyed some modest success as a novelty item back here on earth. The Soviet Union, faced with the same problem, used a pencil. 短文三： Mr.and Mrs.Taylor had a seven year old boy named Pat.Now Mrs.Taylor was expecting another child. Pat had seen babies in other people’s houses and had not liked them very much，so he was not delighted about the news that there was soon going to be one in his house too. One evening Mr.and Mrs.Taylor were making plans for the baby’s arrival.“This house won’t be big enough for us all when the baby comes，”said Mr.Taylor. Pat came into the room just then and said，“What are you talking about?”“We were
英语短篇幽默小故事 篇一：英语幽默小故事10篇. 英语幽默小故事10篇(带翻译)如下： Midway Tactics Three competing store owners rented adjoining shops in a mall. Observers waited for mayhem to ensue. The retailer on the right put up huge signs saying, "Gigantic Sale!" and "Super Bargains!"The store on the left raised bigger signs proclaiming, "Prices Slashed!" and "Fantastic Discounts!" The owner in the middle then prepared a large sign that simply stated, "ENTRANCE".中间战术 三个互相争生意的商店老板在一条商业街上租用了毗邻的店铺。旁观者等着瞧好戏。右边的零售商挂起了巨大的招牌，上书：“大减价!”“特便宜!” 左边的商店挂出了更大的招牌，声称：“大砍价!”“大折扣!” 中间的商人随后准备了一个大招牌，上面只简单地写着：“入口处”。 Very Pleased to Meet You During World War II, a lot of young women in Britain were in the army. Joan Phillips was one of them. She worked in a big camp, and of course met a lot of men, officers and soldiers.
少儿英语简短小故事：红红的苹果 The little bear planted an apple tree in the yard. Bear to the apple tree watering, the little monkey saw a busy to help him carry water. Little bear, he said to the little monkey, “wait for the apples, I will ask you to eat sweet apples.” The apple tree to fertilization, small deer saw hurried over to help him dig. Bear cheerfully on small deer said: “the apple is ripe, I invite you to eat sweet apples.” Bear to the apple tree to catch insects, the little goat saw the busy to help him catch. Little bear, he said to the little goat, “wait for the apples, I will ask you to eat sweet apples.” The little bear’s apple tree grows. A tree full of pink flowers, branches covered with a green apple. Bear heart not to mention how happy you. But one night, suddenly there was a great wind, the apples are blowing. Bear looking at the green apple, sad cry. Little monkey, little deer and goat heard cries came to comfort him. Everyone said: “we all help you to look after the apple tree, ne xt year your apple tree will bear a red and big sweet apple.” The little monkey said, go to the apple tree, small deer to the apple tree to fertilization, small goat to the apple tree to weed. Bear it, also climb to the apple tree to catch insects. To catc h, the little bear’s hand suddenly stopped, he found in a leaf is also hidden under a tender small apple. Apple, here’s an apple! The bear was so happy that he almost cried out. “It’s left the apple, and the little monkey took it off and I didn’t have it.”The bear thought here, quietly covered with apple leaves, quietly slipped under the tree. Bear the apples grow bigger and bigger, the longer the more red, the cubs are more afraid to see the little monkey. One day, he was thinking the room, little monkey, little
‘I t must be broken.’T he girl thought that and tried to get her coins back. But she failed.‘All right, just three coins.’S he left the vending machine and waited for the bus. Soon the bus came near the station, the girl was about to leave when she suddenly saw a man standing in front the vending machine. ‘Sir, the machine is broken.’T he girl came to him and said. ‘Well, thanks.’T he man seemed a little unnatural. The bus had already gone, so the girl was still waiting. ‘I thought Iwas the only person here.’S he turned her head but there was no one. ‘Where is the man? He was just over there!’She looked around and found nobody. ‘How strange it is!’ Thinking of this, she came to the vending machine again. Surprisingly, she found that the slot of the machine was empty, which a coin of hers should have been stuck in. The machine looked like nothing bad. She put another three coins in, and again, nothing in return. ’Oh! Again!’the girl left the machine and went to wait for her bus. Casually, she glimpsed at the vending machine. There stood the man she had met before.
Dick was seven years old, and his sister, Catherine, was five. One day their mother took them to their aunt's house to play while she went to the big city to buy some new clothes. The children played for an hour, and then at half past four their aunt took Dick into the kitchen. She gave him a nice cake and a knife and said to him, "Now here's a knife, Dick. Cut this cake in half and give one of the pieces to your sister, but remember to do it like a gentleman." "Like a gentleman?" Dick asked. "How do gentlemen do it?" "They always give the bigger piece to the other person." answered his aunt at once. "Oh" said Dick. He thought about this for a few seconds. Then he took the cake to his sister and said to her," Cut this cake in half, Catherine.". 迪克年龄七岁，他的妹妹凯瑟琳五岁。一天，妈妈把他们带到姨妈家去玩，自己就到大城市去买些新的衣服。 孩子们玩了个把小时，在四点半的时候，姨妈领着迪克走进 “喏，了厨房。她交给迪克一块精美的蛋糕和一把刀子，并对他说： 迪克，给你刀子，把这块蛋糕一切为二，给你妹妹一块。不过，
英语小故事8个简短英语小 故事 1、The Tｈｉrｓty Pigｅon 口渴的鸽子 A PIGEON, oppresseｄ by ｅxｃessive ｔhirst，saw a gobｌet of waｔｅｒ paiｎted ｏn a ｓｉgnｂoaｒd. Noｔsｕpposing iｔｔo be onｌy a ｐｉcturｅ, she fｌew tｏｗaｒds ｉt wｉth ａｌoud ｗhｉr ａnｄ unｗitｔingly daｓｈed against the signｂoａrｄ,jａrrinｇｈerselｆterribl ｙ．Ｈaving ｂrokｅn hｅr winｇｓ bｙ tｈe bloｗ，ｓhe fｅｌl ｔo tｈｅ grounｄ， aｎd ｗaｓcaug ｈt by oｎe of thｅ bystａnｄerｓ。...文档交流仅供参考... Ｚeaｌ shoｕld not outｒun discretion． 有只鸽子口渴得很难受,看见画板上画着一个水瓶，以为是真的.他立刻呼呼地猛飞过去，不料一头碰撞在画板上，折断了翅膀，摔在地上，被人轻易地捉住了。...文档交流仅供参考... 这是说，有些人想急于得到所需的东西，一时冲动,草率从事,就会身遭不幸。 2、Tｈｅ Raven aｎd tｈe Swan
乌鸦和天鹅 A ＲAVＥＮｓａｗ a Swan ａｎd deｓired tｏｓecuｒe ｆoｒ hｉmselｆｔhe sａme beauｔiful pｌumage. Ｓｕppoｓiｎg ｔhａｔthe Swaｎ's splenｄｉd white color ａrｏｓe ｆrom his ｗas ｈiｎg ｉｎｔhｅ water ｉｎｗhicｈｈe sｗam， the Raven lｅfｔ the aｌtａrs ｉn tｈｅnｅiｇhｂoｒhood ｗhere ｈe pｉckｅd ｕｐ hｉs liv ｉｎg, anｄ tｏoｋ up residence iｎｔhｅ lａｋe ｓ anｄ pｏolｓ. Buｔ cleａnsｉnｇ his ｆeathers ａs ｏfteｎ as he woulｄ，he could not chａｎｇe tｈeir ｃolor， whｉｌｅ thrｏｕｇｈ want oｆfood hｅpｅrisheｄ. ...文档交流仅供参考... Chａnge of habｉt ｃannｏt ａｌｔer Nａtuｒe. 乌鸦非常羡慕天鹅洁白的羽毛。他猜想天鹅一定是经常洗澡，羽毛才变得如此洁白无瑕。于是，他毅然离开了他赖以生存的祭坛，来到江湖边。他天天洗刷自己的羽毛，不但一点都没洗白，反而因缺少食物饥饿而死。...文档交流仅供参考... 这故事是说,人的本性不会随着生活方式的改变而改变。 3、The Ｇoat and the Ｇｏatherｄ山羊与牧羊人
英语哲理小故事短文欣赏小短文 What are the secrets that enable tough people to succeed? Why do they survive the tough times when others are overcome by them? Why do they win when others lose? Why do they fly when others sink?坚韧不拔的人成功的秘诀是什么?当其他人被困难压倒他们为什么能挺过艰难的时刻?为什么其他人失败了,而他们却能获得成功?为什么其他人都深陷泥沼时,他们却能展翅高飞?The answer is very simple. It’s all in the way they treat their problems. Yes, every living person has problems. A problem-free life is a fantasy —a mirage3 in the desert. Everyone should accept that fact.答案很简单,全看他们是如何看待自己面临的难题。 不错,人人有本难念的经。 没有难题困扰的人生只能是一个幻想,是沙漠中的海市蜃楼。 人人都该接受这个现实。 Every mountain has a peak. Every valley has its base. Life has its ups and downs, its peaks and its valleys. No one is up all the time, nor are they down all the time. Problems will end. They will all be resolved4 in time.每一座山都有巅峰,每一个峡谷都有深底。 人生也有兴衰起伏,有山峰和低谷。 不会有人一生都辉煌,也不会有人一生都时乖命蹇。 难题总有了结的一天。 随着时间的推移,一切难题都会迎刃而解。
小学生英语故事短文五篇 英语短篇小故事推荐一：老鼠开会 Long ago, there was a big cat in the house. He caught many mice while they were stealing food. 从前，一所房子里面有一只大猫，他抓住了很多偷东西的老鼠。 One day the mice had a meeting to talk about the way to deal with their common enemy. Some said this, and some said that. 一天，老鼠在一起开会商量如何对付他们共同的敌人。会上大家各有各的主张，最后，一只小老鼠站出来说他有一个好主意。 At last a young mouse got up, and said that he had a good idea. 最后，一只小老鼠站出来说他有一个好主意。 "We could tie a bell around the neck of the cat. Then when he comes near, we can hear the sound of the bell, and run away." “我们能够在猫的脖子上绑一个铃铛，那么如果他来到附近，我们听到铃声就能够马上逃跑。” Everyone approved of this proposal, but an old wise mouse got up and said, "That is all very well, but who will tie the bell to the cat?" The mice looked at each other, but nobody spoke. 大家都赞同这个建议，这时一只聪明的老耗子站出来说：“这的确是个绝妙的主意，但是谁来给猫的脖子上绑铃铛呢?”老鼠们面面相觑，谁也没有说话。
小学生英语短文故事（三篇） 导读：本文小学生英语短文故事（三篇），来源互联网,仅供读者阅读参考. 【聪明的乌龟】 Atigerishungry,heislookingforfood.Heseesafroginfrontofhim.“Haha!Afrog!Mydinner!”soherushesatthefrog. Behindthetiger,thereisatortoise.Thelittletortoiseseesit;hebitesthetiger’stail.“Ouch!”criesthetigerandhelooksback.Thefroghearsthevoiceandjumpsintowater.“Thankyou,littletortoise.”saysthefrog.Butthetigerisveryangry.“Botherit!I’llthrowyoutothesky!”“Thankyou,Ilikeflyinginthesky,”saysthetortoise. Thetigerstops,“Iwillthrowyouintotheriver.” “Oh,no!Ican’tswim;Iwilldieifyouthrowmeintothewater.”Thetigerthrewthetortoiseintothewaterquickly. “Thankyou,Mr.Tiger.Bye-bye.”Thetortoiseandthefrogswimawaytogether. 【一只蚂蚁】 Oncetherewasalittleant.Shewantedtogetmarried,butsheonlywantedtoma rrythestrongestcreature. Shewantedtomarrythestrongestcreature,butshedidn’
小学英语短篇小故事，小学生英语故事短文 【篇一：老鼠开会】 Long ago, there was a big cat in the house. He caught many mice while they were stealing food. 从前，一所房子里面有一只大猫，他抓住了很多偷东西的老鼠。 One day the mice had a meeting to talk about the way to deal with their common enemy. Some said this, and some said that. 一天，老鼠在一起开会商量如何对付他们共同的敌人。会上大家各有各的主张，最后，一只小老鼠站出来说他有一个好主意。 At last a young mouse got up, and said that he had a good idea. 最后，一只小老鼠站出来说他有一个好主意。 "We could tie a bell around the neck of the cat. Then when he comes near, we can hear the sound of the bell, and run away." “我们可以在猫的脖子上绑一个铃铛，那么如果他来到附近，我们听到铃声就可以马上逃跑。” Everyone approved of this proposal, but an old wise mouse got up and said, "That is all very well, but who will tie the bell to the cat?" The mice looked at each other, but nobody spoke. 大家都赞同这个建议，这时一只聪明的老耗子站出来说：“这的确是个绝妙的主意，但是谁来给猫的脖子上绑铃铛呢?”老鼠们面面相觑，谁也没有说话。 【篇二：画龙点睛】
关于小红帽英语故事简短|小红帽简短易背小故事 小红帽是德国童话作家格林的童话《小红帽》中的人物。“小红帽”的故事版本多达一百多个。小编分享关于小红帽简短英语故事，希望可以帮助大家! 关于小红帽简短英语故事版本1 Little Red Riding Hood Little Red Riding Hood is a lovely girl. She likes red hats. So her mother calls her little Red Riding Hood.
Her grandma loves her very much. But now she is ill. Her mother is busy. So she asks little Riding Hood to see her grandma. In the forest, a wolf sees little Red Riding Hood, “Look, little Riding Hood. I have children for lunch, the path goes to her grandma’s house.” The wolf comes to grandma’s house and eats grandma. Then he wears grandma’s glasses and clothes, and in her bed. After a while, little Red Riding Hood comes to grandma’s bed. To
her surprise, grandma’s mouth is very big. So she asks: “Gran dma, why is your mouth so big?” “I eat little girls with this mouth.” And he rushed at little Red Riding Hood. ”Help! Help!” The wolf runs after little Red Riding Hood. At this time, a hunter passes through the house. He shoots the wolf and saves little Red Riding Hood. Then he cuts the wolf and grandma comes out. 小红帽 小红帽是一个可爱的女孩。她喜欢红帽子，于是她妈妈就叫她小红帽。
英语短文故事(中英对 照)
一 One morning a fox saw a cock.He thought,"This is my breakfast.'' He came up to the cock and said,"I know you can sing very well.Can you sing for me?''The cock was glad.He closes his eyes and began to sing.The fox saw that and caught him in his mouth and carried him away. The people in the field saw the fox.They cried,"Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.'' The cock said to the fox,"Mr Fox,do you understand?The people say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it is yours.Not theirs.'' The fox opened his mouth and said,"The cock is mine,not yours.''Just then the cock ran away from the fox and fled into the tree. 二 Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city." The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid. After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid." 三 Jonesie The Great Lion Hunter A small village was troubled by a man-eating lion. So its leaders sent a message to the great hunter, Jonesie, to come and kill the beast. For several nights the hunter lay in wait for the lion, but it never appeared. Finally, he told the village chief to kill a cow and give him its hide. Draping the skin over his shoulders, he went to the pasture to wait for the lion. In the middle of the night, the villagers woke to the sound of blood-curdling shrieks coming from the pasture. As they carefully approached, they saw the hunter on the ground, groaning in pain. There was no sign of the lion. "What happened, Jonesie? Where is the lion?" asked the chief. "Forget the damn lion!" he howled. "Which one of you idiots let the bull loose?" 四 Weather Predict A film crew was on location deep in the desert. One day an old Indian went up to the director and said, "Tomorrow rain." The next day it rained. A week later, the Indian went up to the director and said, "Tomorrow storm." The next
Covering the Eye with a Leaf In the State of Chu, there was a man whose family was very poor. Even at night the often dreamt of striking it rich, but the never worked hard. One day, when he was leafing through the book Huainan Zi, he came across a line saying:” When the mantis preys on the cicada, it relies entirely upon a leaf to conceal its body.” He thought that if one could get such a leaf, one could become invisible。 Thereupon, he ran into the woods, looking for just such a leaf among the branches. He had searched a long time before he discovered a mantis hiding itself behind a leaf and waiting to catch a cicada. He climbed up the tree at once, and plucked the leaf. But he was in such a big hurry that, out of carelessness. The leaf dropped to the ground. There were many, many fallen leaves on the ground. How could he identify the leaf he had plucked？ So he had to put all the leaves into a bamboo basket and carry them home. As soon as he got home, he held up one leaf after another in turn to cover h is eye, and kept asking his wife:“Can you see me?”In the beginning, his wife always answered:” Yes, I can.”After a long time, she began to feel weird: what was the matter with her husband today? Why did he keep holding up a leaf and asking her the same question?。” He did this over and over again for one whole day. In the end, his wife got impatient and humoured him by saying:” No, I can’t.” Hearing this, he became wild with joy. He turned and ran out to the street. Holding the leaf in one hand, he grabbed with the other hand the goods in a shop. But before he could withdraw his hand, he was caught on the spot and handed over to the local yamen.