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1、ⅠTheeasiestquestionintheworldOneday,arichmanmetSam.therichmanasked,"I`veheardyouareverycleverandnothingisdifficulttoyou.Canyoutellmewhyyouaresoclever."Samanswered,"I`mnotclever,butyouaretoosilly."Therichmanbecameveryangry.Samsaid,"Sir,pleasedon`tbeangry,ifyoudon`tbeliev
2、ewhatIsaid,letmeaskyouaquestionnow.Ifyouhaveagroupofsheep,Igiveyouanothergroup.Howgroupsofsheepdoyouhave?""Why,that`stheeasiestquestionintheworld,oneandoneistwo.Anybodyknowsthat.Ihavetwogroupsofsheep."Samlaughedandsaid,"Youarewrong,sir.Twogroupsofsheepputtogetherisstill
3、onegroup.Thatiseasiestquestionintheworld."ⅡTheFoxandtheGrapesEarlyinthefall,afoxsawripegrapesinagarden.Hewantedtoeatthem.Hesaidtohimself,“HowluckyIam!I'vefoundsomenicegrapes.”Hecreptintothegarden,andcametothegrapes.Hejumpedupatthegrapes,buthecouldnotreachthem.Hejumpedag
4、ainandagain,butinvain.Atlasthegaveitup,andsaidtohimself,“Thegrapesaresour.Idon'twantsourgrapes.”Andhewentaway.ⅢTheOldCatAnoldwomanhadacat.Thecatwasveryold;shecouldnotrunquickly,andshecouldnotbite,becauseshewassoold.Onedaytheoldcatsawamouse;shejumpedandcaughtthemouse.But
5、shecouldnotbiteit;sothemousegotoutofhermouthandranaway,becausethecatcouldnotbiteit.Thentheoldwomanbecameveryangrybecausethecathadnotkilledthemouse.Shebegantohitthecat.Thecatsaid,"Don`thityouroldservant.Ihaveworkedforyouformanyyears,andIwouldworkforyoustill,butIamtooold.
6、Don`tbeunkindtotheold,butrememberwhatgoodworktheolddidwhentheywereyoung."ⅣTheCityMouseandtheCountryMouseOncethereweretwomice.Theywerefriends.Onemouselivedinthecountry;theothermouselivedinthecity.AftermanyyearstheCountrymousesawtheCitymouse;hesaid,"Docomeandseemeatmyhous
7、einthecountry."SotheCitymousewent.TheCitymousesaid,"Thisfoodisnotgood,andyourhouseisnotgood.Whydoyouliveinaholeinthefield?Youshouldcomeandliveinthecity.Youwouldliveinanicehousemadeofstone.Youwouldhavenicefoodtoeat.Youmustcomeandseemeatmyhouseinthecity."TheCountrymousewe
8、nttothehouseoftheCitymouse.Itwasaverygoodhouse.Nicefoodwassetreadyforthemtoeat.Butjustastheybegantoeattheyhear
