5分钟英文小故事-The foolish Donkey

The foolish Donkey 愚蠢的驴子

It is a sunny morning. A man is loading a bag of salt onto his Donkey. He is going to sell the salt at the market. He is excited.

Then they come to a river and begin to cross it.
他们两个继续走着，前面有条小溪。他们必须横渡它。

 Man reminds the donkey : Be careful, Donkey! It is very slippery here. Walk slowly step by step.
人说：小心，驴子！这里非常地滑。一步一步慢慢走。

“I’m tired and the salt is so heavy and the rocks are so slippery. ”The Donkey feels afraid，”What if I fall?

石头好滑！驴子害怕的说：如果我滑到怎么办？

Suddenly, the donkey falls down。

突然，驴子摔到了。

“ Oh, no!”The man gets nervous ，”Get up! Doneky .Get up quickly! Get up before the salt melts!
哦，不！人着急的说，起来，驴子！快起来！在盐溶化前站起来！马上！

The Donkey says : I can’t. I can’t get up. The rocks are slippery and my legs are weak.
驴子说：我不行啊！我站不起来。石头好滑， 而且我的腿没有力。

finally the Donkey gets up and they cross the stream. But all the salt is gone.

过了一会，驴子终于站起来。而且他们渡过了溪流 。

 Hey! My back is light. What happened?The Donkey feels surprised: I fell in the stream and my back became light. This is great!
嘿，我的背上变轻了。发生了什么事？驴子惊讶的说，我跌入溪中，然后我的背变轻了。太棒 了！

the next day, the man loads more salt onto his Donkey and heads for the market again.

This time, when they cross the the stream, it is not slippery at all .but the doneky decides to fall down again.“

然而。第二天驴子就故意在这儿跌倒。

“. Oh my god.”The man pulls at the donkey but it doesn’t get up for a long time.Once more all the salt is melted.

“”heiheihe奸笑。It worked again.”Donkey feels so happy:驴子开心的说：成功了。我要一直在溪里

The Man thinks: I know what you are thinking, Donkey. You can’t trick me. I will teach you a lesson.
人在想：我知道你在想什么，驴子。你骗不了我的。我要给你一个教训。

Both the man and the Donkey have a grin on their faces.
人和驴都在脸上露出了笑容。

Another day, the man loaded the Donkey’s back again. But this time the donkey finds it not heavy at all.
第二天，人又在驴子背上载东西。

“Hey ,This is light. But it will become even lighter soon. Heh, heh, heh. he”
驴子心想，嘿，这是轻的。 但是待会儿会变得更轻的。嘿嘿。

One more time, they cross the stream.
过了一会儿，他们俩再度来到溪边。

Man warns the donkey:  Don’t fall down again today. If you do, you will be sorry.
人提醒驴子说：今天别再跌倒了。如果你跌倒， 你会后悔的。

The Donkey doesn’t think so. I will fall down on purpose . Then my back will become even lighter. Hee-haw.
驴子心想：（喃喃）我不相信你。我要再跌倒一次。然后我的背就会变轻多了。咿吼-----

This time, the Master doesn’t help the Donkey to get up. Instead, after a while, the Donkey tries to get up by itself.
这一次，主人并没有帮驴子起来。反而，过了一会儿，驴子想要自己站起来。

:  Hey! What’s wrong?it’s so hard to get up and. My back is so heavy.
驴子说：嘿！怎么回事？ 我起不来了，我的背好重啊！

you foolish Donkey!The Man says, Plain cotton is light. But wet cotton is very heavy.
，你这只笨驴。人说，平常的棉花是轻的。可是湿棉花 就很重！

Donkey is so regretted: Oh, I didn’t know. I shouldn’t have fooled my Master.
驴子后悔的说：我哪知道啊！我不该骗主人的。

Come on, Donkey! Let’s go!The Man smiles， The market is still far away. We have a long way to go.
来吧，驴子！我们走了！人说，市场还很远呢。我们有好一段路要走呢！

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