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英语简短寓言故事 A mountain was once greatly agitated焦虑，鼓动. Loud groans and noises were heard, and crowds of people came from all parts to see what was the matter. While they were assembled in anxious expectation of some terrible calamity, out came a mouse. Dont make much ado about nothing. There was a dense forest. And all the trees were straight and tall. Their trunks were broad and shapely. But, there was one tree which had a crooked and shapeless trunk. The crooked trunk tree was sad. He thought, How ugly I am! All the others are straight and shapely. I alone have a crooked trunk. One day a wood-cutter came to the forest. He looked around and said, I will cut all the trees here, except that crooked tree. That one is of no use to me. And so, he cut away all the other trees. Now, the crooked tree understands that being different has its advantages. A certain good woman one day said something that hurt her best friend of many years. She regretted immediately and would have done anything to have taken the words back. What she said hurt the friend so much that this good woman was herself hurt for the pain she caused. In an effort to undo what she had done, she went to an older, wise woman in the village, explained her situation, and asked for advice. Listening to her, the older woman sensed the younger womans distress and knew she must help her. She also knew she could never alleviate减轻，缓和 the pain , but she could teach. She knew the outcome would depend solely on the character of the younger woman. She said, Tonight, take your best feather pillows and put single feather on the doorstep of each house in the town before the sun rises. The young woman hurried home to prepare for her chore, even though the feather pillows were very dear to her. All night long, she labored alone in the cold. Finally the sky was getting light, she placed the last feather on the steps of the last house. Just as the sun rose, she returned to the older wo