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标题: 【每日英语故事9月19日】——好交易(一) [打印本页]

作者: jane019    时间: 2012-9-19 13:05     标题: 【每日英语故事9月19日】——好交易(一)

The Good Bargain

     A peasant had driven his cow to the fair and sold her for seven talers. On the way home he had to walk past a pond, and already from afar he heard the frogs crying, "ak, ak, ak, ak" [which in his language sounded like, "eight, eight, eight, eight"].

  "Well," he said he to himself, "they are talking nonsense. It is seven that I was paid, not eight."

   When he reached the water, he shouted to them, "You are stupid creatures. Don't you know any better than that? It is seven talers, not eight."

  The frogs, however, kept up with their "ak, ak, ak, ak."

  "Now then, if you won't believe it, I can count it out for you." Then taking his money out of his pocket, he counted out the seven talers, twenty-four groschens in each one.

  However, the frogs paid no attention to his counting, and again cried out, "ak, ak, ak, ak."

  "Aha!" shouted the peasant, quite angry. "If you think that you know better than I do, then count it yourselves," and he threw all the money at them into the water. He stood still, wanting to stay there until they were finished and had returned his money to him, but the frogs did not budge from their opinion, and continued to cry out, "ak, ak, ak, ak." And furthermore, they did not throw the money back to him.

  He waited a long time, until evening finally came, and he had to go home. Then he cursed the frogs, shouting at them, "You water-splashers, you thick-heads, you goggle-eyes, you have big mouths and can shout until a person's ears hurt, but you cannot count seven talers. Do you think that I want to stand here until you are finished?"

Then he walked away, with the frogs still crying out after him, "ak, ak, ak, ak." He arrived at home in a sour mood.


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作者: shenjunqun    时间: 2012-9-19 14:05

This is a profound problem, although is a significant story. But a lot of times happened in body similar things let's is so at a loss
作者: kobe    时间: 2012-9-19 22:15

the peasant is foolish
作者: ji7411    时间: 2012-9-21 15:18

mark
作者: fire3000    时间: 2012-9-27 16:16

look
作者: icefire    时间: 2012-12-13 16:22

eh,the peasant is thick head.
作者: Ne7erwinter    时间: 2013-1-1 04:03

This is an interesting story. Perhaps a fable of sorts? Then what's its moral?

Anyway, posters above said the peasant is stupid. At least, a stupid person can never be lyrical enough to come up with swearing such as "You water-splashers, you thick-heads, you goggle-eyes...". This almost sounds Shakespearean to me! Ha ha.
作者: chenjunsheng99    时间: 2013-1-2 11:04

walk
作者: chenxihe    时间: 2013-1-3 11:02

foolisher
作者: zyhlq_2012    时间: 2013-1-7 15:16

what a interest!!
作者: 火山爆    时间: 2013-1-11 13:26

walk
作者: zyhlq_2012    时间: 2013-2-25 08:10

over
作者: bbccww    时间: 2013-6-27 10:17

it's no easy to understand.
作者: bbccww    时间: 2013-6-27 10:31

it is  stupid when you  believe it !
作者: life燕妮    时间: 2013-7-4 12:14

it's a little difficult to understand,but i think the peasant is not clever.
作者: zyhlq_2012    时间: 2013-7-5 08:20

a small story




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