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His Mark
A man from the state of Chu was taking a boat across a riverwhen he dropped his
sword into the water ately he made a mark on the side of the boat
where thesword dropped, hoping to find it later. When the boat stoppedmoving, he
went into the water to search for his sword at theplace where he had marked the
boat. As we know, the boat hadmoved but the sword had not. Isn’t this a very foolish
way tolook for a sword?
2. To Pull up the Seedlings to Help Them Grow
Once upon a time, there was an old farmer who planted a plotof rice. After he
planted the seedlings, every day he went tothe field to watch the seedlings grow. He
saw the young shootsbreak through the soil and grow taller each day, but still,
hethought they were growing too slowly. Eventually he gotimpatient with the young
plants and suddenly he hit upon an ideathat one by one, he pulled up the young
plants by half an next early morning, the young man couldn’t wait to
checkhis “achievement”, but he was heart- broken to see all thepulled-up young
plants dying.
3. Plugging One’s Ears While Stealing a Bell
Once upon a time, there was a man who wanted to steal hisneighbor’s doorbell.
However, he knew clearly that the bellwould ring and catch the other people’s
attention as long ashe touched the bell. So he thought hard and suddenly hit on
aclever “idea”. He plugged his ears with something, thinkingthat everything would go
well when he stole the unately to his disappointment, the bell still rang
loudlyand he was caught on the spot as a thief.
4. The Fox and the Crow
One day a crow stood on a branch near his nest and felt veryhappy with the meat in
his mouth. At that time, a fox saw thecrow with the meat, so he swallowed and
eagerly thought of aplan to get the meat. However, whatever the fox said to the
crow,the crow just kept silent. Until the fox thought highly of thecrow’s beautiful
voice, the crow felt flattered and opened hismouth to sing. As soon as the meat fell
down to the ground, thefox took the meat and went into his hole.
5. Draw a Snake and Add Feet to It
Long long ago, several people had a jar of wine among them andall of them wanted
to drink it by himself. So they set a rulethat every one would draw a snake on the
ground and the man whofinished first would have the wine. One man finished his
snakevery soon and he was about to drink the wine when he saw theothers were still
busy drawing, so he decided to draw the feetto the snake. However, before he could
finish the feet, anotherman finished and grabbed the jar from him, saying,
everseen a snake with feet?” The story of
going too far is as bad as not going farenough.
a vacation trip, Duke Huan of the state of Qi came to theruin of the capital of
GuoShi , which perished long the desolate and bleak prospects of broken
tiles,collapsed walls, and clusters of weeds, he could not help askingthe local people
about the reason of the ruin of Guo replied,
deeds, andaverse to evildoing, which led to the perdition.
understand the answer, peopleexplained ,Though he liked doing good, he had
never been ableto do so; though he hated evildoing, never could he help
notparticipating. That caused the ruin of his capital.
7.A mouse once took a bite out of a bull's tail as he lay bull jumped up in
a rage and, with his head low to the ground,chased the mouse right across the yard.
The mouse was too quickfor him, however, and slipped easily into a hole in the
bull charged the wall furiously again and again, butalthough he bruised his
head and chipped his horns, the mousestayed safely inside his hole. After a time the
bull gave upand sank down to rest soon as the bull was asleep, the little
mouse crept to themouth of the hole, pattered across the yard, bit the bull again--
this time on the nose -- and rushed back to safety. As thebull roared helplessly the
mouse squeaked:
small ones win, you know.
8.A boy was playing in the fields when he was stung by a nettle .He ran home to tell
his mother what had touched it lightly,he said, the nasty
thingstung you because you only touched it lightly,his mothertold
him.
you at all.
9.A man once bought a brilliantly-coloured parrot. Instead oflocking it up in a cage or
chaining it to a perch, he allowedit to fly free all over the house. The parrot was
delighted atthis and flapped from room to room, shrieking and screaming
withhappiness. At last he settled on the edge of a rich earth are
you ?
a cat staring up at him from the carpet.
make as muchnoise as I can,
cat .
quiet here.
around here, but I know my job. My master boughtme for my voice and I'm going to
make sure he hears it.
10.A man once had four sons who never stopped quarrelling withone another. He
was always telling them how much easier lifewould be if they worked together but
they took absolutely nonotice of him. One day he decided to show them what he
called all the sons together and put a tightly tied bundleof sticks on the
floor in front of them.
his knee on the bundle but though he pressed and pulled withhis arms he could not
bend the wood. The father asked each sonin turn to try to break the bundle, but
none of them could doit .Then he untied the string and scattered the sticks.
asked the father.
thewhole time and insist on going your separate ways, the firstenemy you meet will
be able to destroy you.
11.A wolf once met a donkey on the road outside the village.
out here on the road where everyone can see.I shall be so ashamed . Take me into
the forest. Don't be afraidthat I shall try to escape. Here, tie this rope round your
neckand fasten it to my bridle. Then I will lead you to a quiet spotI know.
thought this was a good idea so he fastened therope round his neck and knotted it
firmly to the donkey'sbridle.
me the way to your quiet spot , ordered the ,said the donkey,
setting off down the roadtowards the village. As they came to the first houses the
wolfbegan to suspect that he had been tricked.
said, tugging athis end of the rope.
the donkey cheerfully ,
gallop. The roperound the wolf's neck drew tight; in a very short time he wasdragged
right up to the donkey's master, his wife and their three sons all came
runningout to rescue the donkey . They were so angry that they wouldhave killed the
wolf there and then. Fortunately for the wolf ,however , one of the sons threw a
knife at him. The knife missed ,but it cut the rope round his neck. The next moment
all thefamily could see was a cloud of dust in the road as the wolffled to safety in the
dark you keep your head you will be all right.
12.A wild boar was sharpening his tusks against a tree one daywhen a fox came
you doing that for?asked the fox . areno hunters around.
Everything looks very peaceful to me .true, the boar, when the
hunter does comewith his dogs I shall be too busy running away to have time forthis .
So let me sharpen my tusks while I can.
swallows and sparrows are very pleased to find a placeon the roof of the hall
for their mother birds are feeding their babies with pleasure,which
assumes a scene of peace and they have never thought of the following
scene: thechimney at the top of the kitchen might break, the fire mightleap up to the
roof and the burning purling might destroy those swallows and
sparrows are unmindful of thecoming go on with their superficial
happiness brought bypeace and calm.
ago a great mountain began to rumble and came from far and
near to see what would happen.
less than a mighty dragon will come out.
these rocks.
the mountain. And out popped ---- a because someone makes a lot of
fuss, it doesn't mean heis important.
15.A Smart Tortoise
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