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ⅠThe easiest question in the worldOne day , a rich man met Sam. the rich man asked , I`ve heard you are very clever and nothing is difficult to you. Can you tell me why you are so clever. Sam answered, I`m not clever, but you are too silly. The rich man became very angry. Sam said, Sir, please don`t be angry, if you don`t believe what I said, let me ask you a question now. If you have a group of sheep, I give you another group. How groups of sheep do you have? Why, that`s the easiest question in the world, one and one is two. Anybody knows that. I have two groups of sheep. Sam laughed and said, You are wrong, sir. Two groups of sheep put together is still one group. That is easiest question in the world. ⅡThe Fox and the GrapesEarly in the fall, a fox saw ripe grapes in a garden. He wanted to eat them. He said to himself, “How lucky I am! Ive found some nice grapes.” He crept into the garden, and came to the grapes. He jumped up at the grapes, but he could not reach them. He jumped again and again, but in vain. At last he gave it up, and said to himself, “The grapes are sour. I dont want sour grapes.” And he went away.ⅢThe Old CatAn old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, Don`t hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Don`t be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young.ⅣThe City Mouse and the Country MouseOnce there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, Do come and see