1.. Second language
A mother mouse was out for a stroll with her babies when she spotted a cat crouched behind a bush. She watched the cat, and the cat watched the mice.
Mother mouse barked fiercely, "Woof, woof, woof!" The cat was so terrified that it ran for it's life.
Mother mouse turned to her babies and said, "Now, do you understand the value of a second language?"
一只母老鼠带着孩子出来散步,突然她看见一只猫正在灌木丛中虎视耽耽。
母老鼠向着猫叫道:“汪,汪,汪”,猫听了非常害怕,拼命跑走了。
母老鼠回过头洋洋自得的对孩子说:“现在你知道外语的重要性了吧。
阿Q续传
2.Trick of Stealing Watermelons
Ah Q still had the habit of stealing. In village Wee, the watermelons grown by the Zhang's were big and sweet which was known far and near. One night, Ah Q was very greedy to have some watermelon, so he invited Wang Hu to steal some. They crawled toward the watermelon field in the darkness. In the flickering candle light, they dimmly saw a watermelon keeper lying on a bamboo bed. They both were not so bold to go ahead, thus Ah Q grasped a small stone and threw it to the middle of the field. No response from the keeper, maybe he was in sleep. The two men crawled nearer. Meanwhile Ah Q touched something sticky, he put his hand to his nose, it smelt terrible. "Fuck it!", cursed Ah Q in mind. Just now Ah Q heard a light sound, it sounded like the bellows. "It is snore," Ah Q thought, a great joy came into mind. Ah Q dragged Wang Hu to the bamboo bed in stealth. It was really snore. Ah Q whispered a while to Wang Hu's ear. The two men moved smoothly and silently the bamboo bed together with the keeper to the brink of a pond nearby, especially with the shoe side of the bed facing the pond. After that they returned to the field, picked the biggest melons and filled two bags as if they were picking their own. Then they carried the bags away. About 200 or 300 meters away, Ah Q shouted to the field, "Someone stealing watermelons!" No sooner had the voice fallen than came a Pootone—the sound of something dropping into the water. Ah Q and Wang Hu giggled, going away without turning their heads.
偷瓜妙计
阿Q依旧偷性不改。未庄张家的西瓜又大又甜,远近闻名。有天晚上,阿Q嘴馋,便约王胡一起摸黑爬到张家的西瓜地旁,摇曳的烛光中,隐约可见竹床躺着一位看瓜的伙计。二位不敢贸然行事,于是,阿Q先摸了一小块石子向瓜田中央扔去,看瓜的伙计没有反应,或许他睡着了。二人又向前爬了爬。阿Q的手突然摸着了一堆粘乎乎的东西,凑近鼻子一闻,酸臭酸臭,“妈妈的!”阿Q禁不住在心里骂道。这时隐约听见轻轻的象是拉风箱的声音。“对了,这是鼾声”,阿Q心想,不由一阵欣喜,拉着王胡朝竹床爬过去想探个究竟。的的确确是鼾声,阿Q对着王胡耳语一番。二人蹑手蹑脚地来到竹床边,轻轻地连人带竹床一起抬到离瓜地不远的水塘边,将竹床紧临水塘放好,并使放鞋的一边正对水塘。二人返回瓜地,放心大胆地如同在自家地里摘瓜一般,拣最大的摘了两大袋子,扛着袋子走了。走了约二三百米,阿Q回过头来大喊一声:“有人偷瓜罗!”随后听见远处扑通一声,阿Q和王胡呵呵直笑,便头也不回地去了。 |
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