英文

　　A story

　　Once upon a time in an old forest, there was a poor wood cutter cutting wood by the lake. One day, his axe accidently fell into the lake. The poor wood cutter didn’t know how to swim, so he could do nothing but sat by the lake and prayed to the lake godess.

　　The lake godess heard his prayer and appeared before him.

　　“What’s wrong, my good man?” she asked.

　　“ Help me!” Said the wood cutter, “ I’m very poor, and I lost my only axe.If I don’t get my axe back, my family will starve to death, please help me!” He cried.

　　Then the godess glanced at the wood cutter., “Very well,” she answered, “ You should have your axe back. ”

　　After a while, the godess brought out an axe made of gold from the lake.

　　“Is this your axe, my good man? ”Asked the godess.

　　“No, ”Said the wood cutter, “That is not my axe.”

　　Then the godess brought out a silver axe, the wood cutter said that wasn’t his axe again.

　　The third time, she brought out the wood cutter’s axe. The wood cutter was very happy and said, “This is my axe, thank you very much”

　　An the end of the story, the godess was very pleased with the wood cutter’s honesty. He didn’t tell a lie, so that he can get the gold or the silver axe, he just wanted what he deserve. So she desided to give both the gold and silver axe to him. The wood cutter sold the axes, and became a kind rich man.

　　The moral of this story is, honesty is the best policy.

　　譯文

　　一個故事

　　從前一個古老的森林里,有一個可憐的木刀切割木在湖邊。有一天,他的斧子不小心掉進了湖里。可憐的木刀不知道如何游泳,所以他能做的只是坐在湖邊,向湖中女神啊。

　　湖中女神啊聽到他的禱告,出現在他面前。

　　“怎么了,我的好男人嗎?”她問。

　　“幫我!”木刀說,“我很窮,我失去了我唯一的斧子。如果我沒有得到我的斧頭,我的家人會餓死,請幫助我!”他哭了。

　　然后女神瞥了一眼木刀。,“很好,”她回答說,“你應該把你的斧子。”

　　過了一會兒,女神拿出斧頭湖金子做的。

　　“這是你的斧子,我的好男人嗎?”女神問。

　　“不,”木刀說,“那不是我的斧頭。”

　　然后女神拿出一把銀斧頭,木刀說,又不是他的斧子。

　　第三次,她拿出木刀斧。木刀非常高興,說:“這是我的斧子,非常感謝”

　　一個故事的結局,女神很滿意木刀的誠實。他沒有說謊,他可以得到金或銀斧,他只是想要他應得的東西。所以她最終決定給他的金和銀斧。銷售的木刀軸,并成為一種富有的人。

　　這個故事的寓意是,誠實是最好的政策。