【中外故事汇】贪婪的妇人

获取更多资讯，欢迎关注@新联学院英语教育广播电台 主播:朱梦圆 节目配文:贪婪的妇人 An old Japanese man kept a sparrow of which he was very fond. One day it flew away and the old man became sad. He went out looking all over the place for his sparrow At last, near a certain mountain, he met his sparrow. The old man said joyously. "I missed you very much, sparrow. Will you follow me home?" Though the sparrow was delighted to see the old man, it shook its head. "Take me to your home and let me take a look." The old man pleaded. "I will go away happy to see if you are safe." ¨ So the sparrow led the old man to his home. There were many other birds. They all looked healthy and enjoyed each other’s company. "I am so happy you are well and have good companions, dear sparrow. I can go back in peace. " Said the old man. When it was high time the old man to leave, the sparrow gave him a basket to take home with him as a present. "Well," said the old man's wife angry when he returned. "Where have you been all day? And what have you here?" "I have gone to the home of my lost sparrow and received this basket as a present, replied he. When she opened the basket sh6 was amazed to find it was full of gold and silver. The old woman, who was very greedy, decided that she would like a basket of gold, so she set out for the sparrow's home, unlike the old man who was kind to the sparrow, the wife used to treat it very badly. "Hello, sparrow, how are you? I missed you very much." Cried the old woman hypocritically. The sparrow said nothing and she finally decided to go home. Still the sparrow did not give her any present she had hoped for. Before she left, she unashamedly asked for a present. "My husband got a basket of gold and silver from you," she reminded the bird. "Alright, replied the sparrow, "for your husband's sake, I offer you two choices. One basket is light and the other is heavy. “Just choose one. But you can only open the basket when you reach home!" The greedy old woman cried out, I’ll take the heavy one," as she thought its weight will contain more gold and silver. "Are you sure?" Asked the sparrow. "Yes. As sure as you see me standing before you! I'll take the heavy basket." She replied. So the old woman panted and puffed breathlessly as she carried the heavy basket all the way. But when she arrived home and opened the basket, it was full of stones. 骆驼见牛炫耀自己漂亮的角，羡慕不已，自己也想要长两只角。于是，他来到宙斯那里，请求给他加上一对角。宙斯因为骆驼不满足已有庞大的身体和强大的力气，还要妄想得到更多的东西，气愤异常，不仅没让他长角，还把他的耳朵砍掉一大截。贪心就会付出代价，希望大家也不要因为一时贪念而做出让自己后悔的事。