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中英双语儿童寓言故事 Covering One’s Ears While Stealing a Bell 掩耳盗铃 Mr. Wang thinks he is clever, but he always does foolish things. 王先生总以为自己很聪明，实际上他总干傻事。 One day he sees a beautiful bell at the top of a door. “Oh! How nice! I will take it home.” He thinks, “What can I do?” After a while he has a “good” idea. “Aha! I have an idea now. I can plug my ears. Then I will not hear the ring when I take off the bell.” 一天，他看见一户人家的门头有个很漂亮的铃铛。“啊，真漂亮啊!我要把它拿回家去。”他自言自语道：“我该怎么做呢?”过了一会儿他想到了一个“好”主意。“啊哈!我有办法了!我把耳朵堵上，拿铃铛的时候就听不见铃声了。” Then he does so. But as soon as he takes off the bell, the owner opens the door. “What are you doing?” the owner says angrily. 于是他就这样做了。可是他刚拿下铃铛，屋子的主人就打开门，怒气冲冲地说：“你在干什么?” The Statue 雕像 Once there lived a man among the hills, who possessed a statue wrought by an ancient master,at lay at his door face downward and he was not mindful of it. 从前，一个住在山里的人家有一座雕像，是古代的一位大师雕刻的。雕像脸朝下倒在门前，他根本没在意。 One day there passed by his house a man from the city, a man of knowledge, and seeing thestatue he inquired of the owner if he would sell it. 一天，从城里来了一位学识渊博的人，在经过他家门前时，看见了雕像，便问主人愿不愿意将它卖掉。 The owner laughed and said, and pray who would want to buy that dull and dirty stone? 主人笑着说：“请问是谁要买这块又脏又硬的石头呀? The man from the city said, I will give you this piece of silver for it. And the other man wasastonished and delighted. 城里人说：“我愿意给你一块银元买下它。“ The statue was removed to the city, upon the back of an elephant. 山里人惊讶之余，不禁喜出望外 And after many months the man from the hills visited the city, and as he walked the streets hesaw a crowd before a shop, and a man with a loud voice was crying, 雕像被一头大象背到了城里。几个月后，山里人迸城，当他在大街上闲逛时，看见一群入围在一个小店前。有一个人大声吆喝道： Come in and behold the most beautiful, the most wonderful statue in all the world. Only twosilver pieces to look upon this most marvelous work of a master. “进来吧，请进来欣赏全世界最漂亮、最神奇的雕像。只需花两块银元，就可以参观大师手下最不可思议的杰作。” There upon the man from the hills paid two silver pi