墨丘利再次跳进河里.pptVIP

————知足常乐 Happiness consist in contentment 小组成员： 任娟 肖丽丽 董凤花 宋姗珊 刘念 刘芳杏 胡瑜萍 幸福就是一朵野花,用自己的生命展示美丽,这就是幸福了 ? A Woodman was felling a tree on the bank of a river, when his axe, glancing off the trunk, flew out of his hands and fell into the water. As he stood by the waters edge lamenting his loss, Mercury appeared and asked him the reason for his grief. On learning what had happened, out of pity for his distress, Mercury dived into the river and, bringing up a golden axe, asked him if that was the one he had lost.??? The Woodman replied that it was not, and Mercury then dived a second time, and, bringing up a silver axe, asked if that was his. No, that is not mine either, said the Woodman. Once more Mercury dived into the river, and brought up the missing axe. The Woodman was overjoyed at recovering his property, and thanked his benefactor warmly; and the latter was so pleased with his honesty that he made him a present of the other two axes. When the Woodman told the story to his companions, one of these was filled with envy of his good fortune and determined to try his luck for himself. So he went and began to fell a tree at the edge of the river, and presently contrived to let his axe drop into?the water. ? 有一个樵夫在河边砍树，突然，他的斧子飞离了树干，从手中落入水里。当他站在水边悲叹他丢失的斧子时，墨丘利出现了，问他为什么如此伤心。了解缘由后，出于对樵夫的同情，墨丘利跳进河里，捞上来一把金光闪闪的斧子，问樵夫这是不是他掉进河里的那把。樵夫说不是。于是，墨丘利第二次跳进河中，又捞起来一把银光发亮的斧子，问是不是他的。“不，那也不是我的。”樵夫答道。??? 墨丘利再次跳进河里，这次捞上来的正是樵夫掉的那把。樵夫看到失而复得的斧子欣喜若狂，对墨丘利感激万分；而墨丘利也非常赞赏樵夫的忠厚老实，于是就把另外两把斧子作为礼物送给了他。??? 当樵夫把自己的经历讲