中国传统故事英文版——司马光砸缸.pdf

SimaGuangBreakstheVat

IntheSongDynasty,therewasa

cleverchildnamedSimaGuang.

Oneday,SimaGuangandhis

friendsplayedhide-and-seekin

thebackyard.Theboy

blindfoldedandsho-uted

loudly,Istartcountingten,and

Iwillcatchyou.

Allthechildrenwerehiding,somebehind

thetrees,someamongthegrasses,aswell

asoneontherockery.

Theboycouldnotwaitto

turnaroundandsaid,Timeis

up!Theothersallheldtheir

breathanddidntintendto

befound.

Whiletheboywaslooking

forthem,someonesuddenly

yelled,Alas!Sochildren

followedthesound.

Itturnedoutthattheboyontherockeryslippedandfellinto

thebigvat.Oh,itwasterrible!

Hestruggledhard,buthestillsankdownintothewater.Itseemed

thewaterclsedoverhisheadanditwasdangerous.

SimaGuangwantedtosavethedrowningboy,butthevatwastoo

hightoreach.Hecouldnotevengetthetopofthevat.

Theotherchildrenweresofrightenedthat

theyoredandshoutedloudly,andranoutof

theyardtolookforhelpfromtheadults.Only

SimaGuangkeptcalmandlookedaround

carefully.

Suddenlyheglancedatthegrassandsawalarge

stone.

SimaGuanggotanidea.Hethought

thatifhehitthevatwiththisstone,

hecouldrescuethelittlefellow.

ThereforeSimaGuang

immediatelytriedto

movethestone.Whata

heavystoneitwas!It

tookhistremendous

efforttomoveit.

SimaGuangshouted,One,two,

three.Andhethrewthestoneto

thevatwithallhismight.

Thevatwasbrokenwithabang

andthewaterflowedoutofthe

bighole.

Afterawhile,thedrowningboy

slippedoutoftheholealongthe

water.Hislittlefriendwas

finallysaved.

Thesavedchildsfamilyreallyappreciatedhishelp.Sotheywentto

hishouseandthankedhimwithgiftthenextday.Soonthestoryabout

savingaboyspreadthroughthestreets.

AsSimaGuanggrowingup,hewas

learnedandcapable.Hewas