2016届高三英语读伊索寓言素材：the seven ravens七只乌鸦.docVIP

伊索寓言：the?Seven?Ravens七只乌鸦 the Seven Ravens there was a man who had seven sons, but he had no daughter, GREatly though he longed for one. At last his wife told him that they could again expect a child and, sure enough, when it was born it was a baby girl. There was great rejoicing, but the child was weak and puny, so weak that it had to be christened at once. The father told one of the boys to go quickly to the spring and fetch christening water; the other six ran along with him, and because each of them wanted to be the first to dip the jug into the well, it?fell?in and sank. So there they sto