中国传统故事英文版——愚公移山.pdf

YuGongMoves

Mountains

Thereweretwohugemountains

betweenthesouthofJizhouareaand

thenorthoftheYellowRiver.Onewas

calledTaihangMountainandtheother

wascalledWangwuMountain.

Atthefootofthenorth

mountain,therelivedanold

mannearlyninetyyearsold,

whonamedYuGong.

YuGongandhisfamilywerequite

inconvenienttotheoutsideworld

everydaybecauseoftheblocking

ofthetwomountains.

SoYuGongputthewholefamilytogethertodiscussaboutthe

matrHesaid,Whydontweworktogethertoremovethetwobig

mountains?Inthisway,theroadstraightlyleadstothesouthof

YuzhouandrechesthsouthbankofHanshui.Whatdoyouthink?

Everyonesaiditwasagoodidea.However,hiswifewasworried

andaskedhim,Iknowyoudidnthavethestrengthandability

toremovethesmallhilllikeKuif,aswellasthetwohuge

mountains.Andwhatabouttherocksandsoilonthemountains?

Theothersreplied,ThrowthemtotheshoreofBohaisaand

thenorthofYintuarea.

Thenextday,YuGongwentuptothemoun-tainwith

hissonsandgrandchildren.Sometookthehoesand

theotherscarriedtheshoulderpoles.

Theybegantochiseltherocks,scoopedawaythemud,

andbroughtthestonestotheshoreofBohaisea

withthebamboobaskets.

AwidowsurnamedJingchenglivednearthehouseofYuGong.Hersonwasaboutseven

oreightyearsoldwhobegantogrowper-manenttethatthattime.Whenhesaw

whatYuGongandhissonsweredoing,healsoskippedalongtohelpthem.

Inthisway,itwashardworktoremovemountains.Becauseittookthe

peoplewhotransportedthestonesoneyeartogothereandback.

ThewisemanlivinginthebayoftheriverlaughedatYu

Gong,Youaretoostupid!Youcantevenchopdownatreeor

aplantonthehillwithallyourstrengthatyourage.

Furthermore,wouldyoutrytomovealltheearthandthe

stones?

YuGongsighedandsaid,Youarestubbornso

far!Al