农夫的金子

2017-12-26 14:57阅读:4作者:郭倩
农夫的金子

Once?upon?a?time,?there?was?a?warlike?king.?He?made?enemies?everywhere.?The?whole?country?became?so?poor?at?last.

很早以前,有个国王非常好战,到处树敌,弄得国库空虚。

So?he?ordered?his?soldiers?to?search?the?people?for?gold.

于是,他命令士兵到老百姓家里去搜刮金子。

The?soldiers?came?to?a?farmer’s?home?and?said,?“It?is?said?that?you?have?a?pot?of?gold.”?Then?they?looked?for?it?by?force.

他们来到一个农夫家,说:“听说你们家有一罐金子。”说完,便强行搜查。

But?they?found?nothing?at?last.?The?soldiers?were?so?angry?that?they?put?the?farmer?in?prison.?

搜了半天,什么也没捞到,他们气得把农夫抓进了监狱。

In?spring,?the?farmer?in?prison?received?a?letter?from?his?wife.?It?said,?“It’s?time?to?plant?potatoes,?but?you?are?not?at?home.?I?have?to?plow?by?myself.”

春天,农夫在狱中收到妻子的来信,写道:“该种土豆了,但你却不能在家帮忙,我只好自己来翻地。”

The?farmer?wanted?to?help?his?wife,?but?he?couldn’t?go?out.?Suddenly,?he?had?an?idea.?

农夫很想去帮妻子,但又出不去。突然,他想到了一个办法。

The?farmer?wrote?a?letter?to?his?wife?and?said,?“Don’t?plow?the?ground.?There’s?a?pot?of?gold?hiding?under?the?ground.”?Then?he?let?a?guard?send?the?letter?to?his?wife.

农夫马上写了一封信嘱咐妻子,信中写道:“千万别去翻地,因为地里藏着一罐金子。”然后把信交给看守代寄。

The?guard?read?the?letter?secretly.?He?was?so?surprised.The?guard?sent?it?to?the?king?in?a?hurry.

看守私自拆信后,惊喜万分。他急忙将这封信交给了国王。

The?next?morning,?more?than?ten?strangers?plowed?the?farmer’s?ground?with?spades?for?several?times.

第二天,十多个陌生人带着铁锹,把农夫家的地来来回回翻了好几次。

A?week?later,?the?farmer?heard?from?his?wife?again.?His?wife?told?him?what?had?happened?at?home.

過了一个星期,农夫又收到妻子的信,把家里发生的事告诉他了。

The?farmer?laughed?from?bottom?after?reading?it.?He?wrote?another?letter?to?his?wife,?“Since?so?many?people?helped?us?plow?the?ground,?you?can?plant?potatoes?now!?The?potatoes?are?gold?for?our?poor?people!”

农夫看后哈哈大笑,又写了一封回信,告诉妻子:“既然那么多人帮我们翻了地,那么快种土豆吧!土豆可是咱穷人的金子啊!”

若子摘自《中学生英语》