who is the wisest of all？ 谁是最有智慧的人？

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1、WhoIstheWisestofAll？谁是最有智慧的人？　　TherewereoncefourwiseIndianmedicinementhatwereconsideredtobethemostcleverandknowledgeableacrossalltheprairies1）andforests.Theylearnednearlyeverythingaboutnearlyanything，andwereoftenaskedforadviceandsolutionsforthemostdifficultproblems.　　Oneday，ayoungIndianboyask

2、edwhichofthefourwasthewisest，becauseofcoursetheremustbeonewiserthantheothers.Thiscausedmucharguinganddebatingamongthepeople.Tofindoutonceandforall2），oneoftheeldersofthenationwasgiventhetaskofdevisingatesttosettlethematter.　　Aftermuchconsideration，theperfecttestwasputbeforethefourmedicinemen.T

3、heyweretoldtowalkintothewoods.Theirtestwouldbefoundatthebaseofasinglecedar3）treeinabroadclearing4）.　　Theystartedoutearlythenextmorning，andafterwalkingmanymilescametothetreeintheclearing.Atthebaseofthetreewasalargepileofbleached5）bones.Theyappearedtobethoseofsomesortofanimal.Thefourpuzzledover

4、thebonesforsometimebeforethefirstmanspoke."Iwillusemyknowledgetoputthesebones5backtogether.Thatwillprovemywisdom."Aftersometime，thebonesstooderect，interlocked6）.　　Themenexaminedtheprojectandthesecondmansaid，"Ah，Iknowwherethesebonescamefrom.Icanputfleshandfurbackonthemandrestoretheanimal'sbeau

5、ty."Thesecondmanbeganhiswork，andinawhileafierce-lookinggrizzlybear7）stoodbeforethem.　　Thefourmenmarveledattheanimal'sbeauty，butthetwobegantobicker8）aboutwhoseworkwasbest.Justthen，thethirdmanspokeup，"IbelieveIcanbringthebearbacktolife.ThenIwillbethegreatestofall."　　Thefourthmanhadbeenquietunti

6、lnow."Wait，Idon'tthinkourtestwastoseeifwecouldbringtheanimalbacktolife."Hepleaded，buttheotherswouldnotlisten.Whenherealizedhewasbeingignored，hequietlyclimbedtothetopofthecedartreeandwatched.　　Thethirdmangotbusyandsoonhadbreathedlifeintothegrizzlybearusinghisgreattalents.Thebearstretchedandroa

7、red.Thenitchasedthemen，growling9）andclawingatthem.Itchasedthemallthewaybacktotheirvillage，wheretheywerefinallyrescuedbythevillage'smightyhunters.　　Later，thefourthmanwalkedbacktothevillage.Everyonehad5takenhimfordead，sincetheotherthreemenweres