幽默a short english story
乌龟作文-
★
A Trip to Disney
On
a
trip
to
Disney
World
in
Florida,
my
husband
and
I
and
our
two
children
devoted
ourselves
wholeheartedly
to
the
wonders
of
this
attraction. After three exhausting
days, we headed
for home.
As
we
drove
away,
our
son
waved
and
said,
“Good
-
by,
Mickey.”
Our
daughter
waved
and
said,
“Good
-by,
Minnie.”
My
husband
waved,
rather
weakly,
and
said,
“Good
-
by, Money.”
★
A little bird
was flying south for the winter. It
was
so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground in
a large field. While it was lying
there, a cow came
by
and
dropped
some
dung
on
it.
As
the
frozen
bird
lay there in the pile of cow dung, it began to
realize
how
warm
it
was.
The
dung
was
actually
thawing him out! He lay there all warm
and happy,
and soon began to sing for
joy. A passing cat heard
the bird
singing and came to investigate. Following
the
sound,
the
cat
discovered
the
bird
under
the
pile
of
cow
dung,
and
promptly
dug
him
out
and
ate him.
★
Not a Crime But
a Miracle
David was a young
man with a hobby of fishing, but he seldom got a
chance
to practise it.
Then one summer he decided
to have a holiday ih the mountains where there
were a lot of streams. He thought he
could catch many fish there.
The first morning after he
arrived, he walked to the nearest stream with his
fishing-rod. He saw an old man beside
the water, so he asked him whether it was
a private stream. The old man answered
that it was not, so David then said to
him, “Well, then it won't be a crime if
I catch some fish here, will it?”
“Oh, no,” answered the old
man, “it won't be a crime, but it will certainly
be
a miracle.”
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★
The Farmer’s
Donkey
驴子的故事
One
day
a
farmer's
donkey
fell
into
an
abandoned
well.
The
animal
cried
piteously for hours as
the farmer tried to figure out what to do.
Finally, he decided t he animal was too
old and the well needed to be covered
up anyway.
So it just wasn't worth it
to him to try to retrieve the donkey. He invited
all
his neighbors to come over and him.
They each grabbed a shovel and began to
shovel dirt into the well. Realizing
what was happening, the donkey at first cried
and wailed horribly.
Then,
a
few
shovel-fulls
later,
he
quieted
down
completely.
The
farmer
peered
down
into
the
well,
and
was
astounded
by
what
he
saw.
With
every
shovel-full of dirt
that hit his back, the donkey would shake it off
and take a step
up on the new layer of
dirt.
As the farmer's neighbors
continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he
would shake it off and take a step up.
Pretty soon, the donkey stepped up over
the edge of the well and trotted off,
to the shock and astonishment of everyone.
The Moral: Life is going to shovel dirt
on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to
getting
out of
the well is to stop wailing,
and
not let
the
dirt
bury you,
but to
shake it off and take a step up. Each
one of our troubles is a stepping-stone. We
can get out of the deepest wells just
by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off
and take a step up.
有一天
,
一个农夫的驴掉进了一口废井里。农夫一直在
想办法怎样救它<
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,
而这头可怜的驴也哀号了几个小时。
最后，农夫决定
,
这头驴不值得去救
,
它太老了
,
而且
,
这口井也该填上了。