中国传统故事英文九色鹿二篇

TheDeerofNineColorsTherelivedakinddeerofninecolorsintheforest.Thedeerwasverybeautiful.Itsfurhadninedifferentcolors.Theantlersonthetopoftheheadwereaswhiteassnow.Oneday,whilethedeerofninecolorswasplayingwithitsgoodfriend,acrow,bytherive,itsuddenlyheardasoundnotfaraway,"Help!Somebodyhelpsme!"Notfaraway,amanwasholdingafloatingtrunk,strugglingintheswiftriver.Oh,itturnedoutthatsomeonehadfallenintothewater.Regardlessofthedangerinwhichitmightbeinvolved,thedeerofninecolorsjumpedintotheriverandtookthemantothebank.Themanwasgreatlyastonishedbecausehehadneverseensuchabeautifuldeer.Themansaid,"I'mahunterandmyhouseisnotfarawayfromhere.ThankyouforsavingmeandIwoulddoanythingforgratitude."Thedeerofninecolorsshookitsheadandsaid,"Aslongasyoudon'ttellothersaboutit,itwillbethebestreward."Thehunterraisedhisrighthandandsolemnlyswore,"Iwillnevergiveawayyourwhereabouts."Thenhelefttheforest.Onthenight,thequeenmadedreamthatabeautifuldeerranfreelythroughtheforestwith

antlersaswhiteassnowonthetopofthehead.Whenthequeenwokeup,shecriedandsaidtotheking,"Iwanttomakeclothesoutofthebeautifulfurofthedeerofninecolors.

Andyoumustfinditforme!"Thekinghadtoputupnoticesalloverthecountry:whoevercouldhelpthequeencatch

thedeerofninecolorswouldgetcountlesstreasure.Whenthehuntersawthenotice,hewasoverjoyed.Thehunterthoughtthatifhetoldthekingthenewsaboutthedeer,hewouldbetherichestmanintheworld.Thenthehunterwenttothepalaceandtoldonthedeer.Thehunterhadforgottenhis

promisecompletely.Thekingledthearmydowntotheforestundertheguidanceofhun-ter.Hewasveryhappybecausehefoundthedeerofninecolorswalkingalongtheriver.Asthecrowsawsomeonebreakintheforest,itflewupintheairandshoutedtothedeerofninecolors,"Deer,runfast!Thekinghascometocatchyou!"Butitwastoolate.Thedeerofninecolorswascompletelysurroundedandcouldnotgetawayanymore.Whenthedeersawthehunter'sgreedyeyes,itinstantlyrealizedthatthehunterhadbetrayedit.Asthedeerwalkeduptothekingwithoutanyfear,Itsaidrespectfully,“YourMajesty，didyouknowthatthehunternearlyhaddrownedinherivernotlongago?AfterIsavedhimattheriskofmyownlife,hepromisedmethathewouldnevertellittotheothers.”"Butnowhehasbrokenhispromise.Wouldyouliketogowithsuchafaithlessman?"Thedeerofninecolorssaidtothekingsheddingtears.Afterhearingthosewords,thekingwassoas-hamedthatheorderedittobesetfree.What'smore,thekinggaveanorderthatnoonewouldbeallowedtoharmthedeerofninecolorsfromthenon.Asfortheungratefulhunter,hewastiedupbytheking'sorder,thrownintotheriveranddrownedatlast.CaochongweighedanElephantIntheperiodoftheThreeKinodoms.SunQuanoftheWuKingdomoncegaveCaoCaoanelephantas

a

present.Onhearingthis,CaoCaoandhistopofficialsweresohappythattheyallwentoutsidetolookat

it.AyoungboyfollowedCaoCaoclosely.HewasCaoChong,CaoCao'sson.Wow！Theelephantwassohuge！Thefourlegsasalonewereasthickasthepillarsofapalace,Despiteitssize,theelephantwasquitetame.Wantingtoseehowbigtheelephantwas,CaoChonggotveryclosetoit,onlytofindthathecoudbarelyreachuptotheelephant'sbelly.Onseeingthis,CaoCaosaidtoeveryone,"I

wonderhowmuchthishugeelephantweighsDoesanyonehave

anyideahowtoweighit?""Howcanweweigh

athingthisbig?"Allthecivilandmilitaryofficialstartedtotalktoeachother,searching

for

anidea.Someonesaid,"Wecanonlyweighitifwebuildahugesetofscales."Butimaginehowbigthatsetofscaleswouldhavetobe!Andevenwithsuchscales,itwouldbeimpossibletoweighalivingelephantonthem!Ageneralspokeinagruffvoice,"Thisiseasy!Weonlyhavetokillit,cutitup,andthenweighthepiecesonebyone."Onhearingthis,everyoneburstintolaughter.Whywouldanyonekillanelephantjusttohaveitweighed!Nooneelsecouldfigureoutabetteridea.Thecivilandmilitaryofficialsallhungtheirheadsinshameandstoppedtalking.Justthen,CaoChongwalkedinfrontofeverybodyandsaid,"Ihaveasolutiontoweightheelephantproperly.”SeeingthatitwashisbelovedsonCaoChong,CaoCaopretendedtobeangry,andsaid,"Nooneinmycourtcanfigureouthowtoweighanelephant.Sohowcanyou,amerechild,solvethisproblem?"CaoChongthenwhisperedsomethingintoCaoCao'searsthatmadeCaoCaosmile.CaoCaoimmediatelytoldeveryone,"Followme!Let'sgototheriversideandwatchthiselephantbeingweighed!"AbigboatwasmooredintheriverCaoChongaskedsomeonetoleadtheelephantontotheboat.Theelephantwassoheavy!Themomentitgotontotheboat,theboatwentdownalot.Whentheboatstoppedrocking,CaoChongcutamarkalongthewaterlineonthesideoftheboatwithasmalldagger.Thenheaskedsomeonetoleadtheelephantbackontothebank.Everybodywatchedwiththeireyeswideopen,butnobodyhadtheslightestcluewhatwasgoingon.Afterthat,CaoChongaskedpeopletoaetalotofrocksandslowlyloadthemontotheboat.Themorerocksthatwereloaded,thedeepertheboatsank.Assoonastheboatsanktothelevelwherethewaterlinemetthemarkonthesideoftheboat,CaoChongshouted,"Stop!"Atlast,everbodyrealizedwhatwasgoingon."Hooray!Hooray!"Peoplestartedcheerinqandclapping,marvelingatthiscleveridea.Nowtheonl