The Monkey and the Fishermen 猴子和渔夫:

once upon a time, there lived a monkey in the woods. The monkey climbed up the tree and looked down at the river everyday.

以前,树林里有一只猴子。天天猴子都会爬上树看下面的小河。

One day, the monkey saw fishermen throw a net over the river. He watched how the fishermen caught fish.

一天,猴子看见渔夫在河上扔了一个网。他看着渔夫如何捕鱼。

Sometime after, the fishermen left the net and went to have lunch. Then, the monkey climbed down from the tree and went to the riverside. The monkey was planning to throw the net like the fishermen did.

过了一会后,渔民把网放手后吃午饭去了。然后,猴子飞速从树上爬下来跑到河边。猴子模仿渔民的样子撒网。

The monkey was confident since he was good at imitating. Yet, the net wound around the monkey when he touched it. Tied up in the net, the monkey fell into the water.

猴子非常自信,由于他善于模仿。但当猴子抓网的时候网口正好冲着它。于是猴子紧紧地抓着网,掉进了水里。

The monkey regretted his behavior, but it was too late. I should have learned how to use the net before touching it. After believing my prowess and showing off, I am in a bad fix. The monkey who did not behave carefully drowned in the water.

猴子对我们的行为感到非常后悔,但为时已晚。“我应该掌握撒网后再碰网的。过于相信我们的能力,才落得这样下场。”最后猴子被淹去世了。

A Cheerful Temper 好心理:

A long time ago, there was a young man named Billy. Billy inherited the warm and good characteristics of his father. My father had such a good personality. He was the horse-keeper of a funeral carriage.

很长时间以前,有个青年叫比利。比利继承了他爸爸脾气温和的好品性。“我的爸爸有着好的品性。他是一个赶柩车的人。”

No matter how hard the work was, he always smiled. I got the habit of visiting the church cemetery from my father and of reading the newspaper, too.

“不管工作多么辛苦,他一直微笑着。我还继承了爸爸常常去教堂的坟墓还有读报纸的习惯。

He said reading the newspaper would help my studying a lot. Sometimes, I take a walk to the church cemetery by myself. I learned a lot from my father. One day, he saw a tombstone while he was walking down to the church cemetery. The man who was buried right here was miserable before he died.

“他说,看报纸可以帮助我学习。有时,我一个人去教堂的坟墓散步。我从爸爸那里学到不少东西。”有一天,他在去教堂坟墓的路上看到了一块墓碑。“埋在这里的人活着的时候生活肯定非常悲惨。”

Even though he had a good job and made enough money for living, he got angry easily. Maybe he was too narrow- minded. For all of his entire life, he worried and got angry, then he was buried here. Billy went to another grave and saw another tombstone.

“尽管他有份好工作,也赚不愁吃穿,但他非常脾气不好。或许他太狭隘了。在他的一生中,常常会担忧和生气,然后他就被葬在这里。”比利又走向另一座墓地,又看到一块墓碑。

This man right here was happy before he died, I guess. He was from a good family of high class. He spent his life enjoying everyday. Billy got close to the other grave and saw its tombstone.

“我猜,这人在他死之前非常快乐。他的家庭肯定幸福美满。他用一生享受着每一天。”比利又挨近一座墓地看见了墓碑上的字。

The man under this tombstone makes me sad. He spent all of his life hoping to come up with one extraordinary idea. One day, when he had the wonderful idea, he died from the shock. Maybe he is not resting peacefully even now.

“我为这墓碑下埋葬的人感到惋惜。他一生都在期望能考虑出一个惊为天人的主意。然而有一天,当他终于想出这个主意时,却死于休克。或许他目前还不可以安安静静地休息。”

Next, he came to another grave and saw the tombstone. A very stingy woman lies in this grave. She used to tell her neighbor that she was raising a cat, but she just made the noise of a cat Mew, mew. Maybe she was the stingiest woman.

接着,他又来到另一座墓穴,看见了墓碑。“躺在这墓地里的是一个很吝啬的女性。她过去告诉她的邻居自己养了一只猫,但她只不过发出了“喵喵”的声音来骗邻居。或许她是世界上最吝啬的女性。”

He sTOPped in front of another tombstone and looked down. In this grave, a young lady from a good family lies. She used to sing a song whenever she was at a party, but she sang the same song every time. He walked to the next grave.

他突然停在一座墓碑前,低头看了看。“这座墓地里,是一位教养好的年轻的女子。无论什么时间参加晚宴,她都会唱同一首歌。”他又走向另一座墓地。

There is a widow here. She always said good things with her mouth, but she said bad things in her mind. She used to visit from house to house and say bad things about her friends and neighbors.

“这里埋葬的是一位寡妇。但她一直说好听话,所作所为却可恶至极。以前她常到其他人家去,到处说朋友和邻居的坏话。”

Whoever was buried and stayed in their own caskets without moving a finger, then, they will be born again with good personalities. Some day, when the time to end my life comes, I will write down this on my tombstone, A Man with Good Personality.

“无论是哪个,只须躺进棺材后就什么知觉都没了,之后,他们将被赋予好的品性第三获得重生。总有一天,当我的生命结束的时候,我会在我的墓碑上写上:“一个好心理的人”。