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1、Do not make rash and hasty decisions.不可急于求成The Master and his StudentOnce, a Master was walking on the banks of a river. Suddenly, he heard a cry. He ran to the riverside and saw his Student in the water. The Student was waving his arms and crying out loud. When he saw the Master, he shouted, “Maste
2、r! Please help me. I will drown in the river.”The Master asked his Student to stay calm. He said, “Son! Do not panic! I shall find a way to bring you out. But how did you fall into the river?”The Student replied, “I was learning how to swim with the help of a log of wood. After a while, I felt I cou
3、ld swim without it. So, I left the log and started swimming without it. The force of the stream was very rough and I lost my balance.”The Master looked around for another log of wood, and found one lying upon the bank. He threw it towards his Student and said, “Let this be a warning to you. In futur
4、e, never throw away the log until you are quite sure you have learnt to swim without it.”坚持不懈就能胜利。MORAL : Perseverance paves way to successThe King and The SpiderVikram was a brave king. Once, he had to fight against a large army with just a fewsoldiers, he was defeated. He had to run for his life.V
5、ikram took shelter in a forest cave. He was very depressed. His courage had left him.He was blankly gazing at the ceiling of the cave. An interesting scene captured hisattention.A small spider was trying to weave a web across the cave ceiling. As the spider crawledup, a thread of the web broke and t
6、he spider fell down. But the spider did not give up. Hetried to climb again and again. Finally, the spider successfully climbed up and completedthe web.Vikram began to think, If a small spider can face failure so bravely, why should I giveup? I will try with all might till I win. This thought gave s
7、trength to the defeated king.Vikram got out of the jungle and collected his brave soldiers. He fought against the largearmy. He was defeated again. But now, he would not give up his fight.Vikram again and again fought against the large army and finally, after many attemptsdefeated the large army and
8、 regained his kingdom. He had learnt a lesson from the spider.骄傲自满之心不可有The Paper KiteA beautiful Paper Kite was flying high in the sky. It was brightly coloured, with long, curly tassels and a long string.The Paper Kite was so high up, above all the trees and other kites, that it was giddy with exci
9、tement.Admiring itself, it said loudly, “0 look at me flying so gracefully! If I were free, I could go far away.”The Paper Kite tugged at its string, as it wanted to fly right through the clouds and above the eagles.However, the string was strong and held it tight.The Paper Kite impatiently tugged a
10、t its string again, and the string broke.The Paper Kite was full of joy. It tried to fly higher but suddenly, it started falling. The Paper Kite tried with all its might to stay up, but it kept coming down. Free of its string, the Paper Kite had become too heavy and could not control itself. It drif
11、ted towards the sea and was washed away in the tide.The Paper Kite cried, “O poor me! I wanted to fly higher and higher. Look what I got for being so proud.”Think Before You SpeakIt was a sunny day. On a train, there were a group of youngsters who were going for vacation. Sitting next to them was a
12、man with a young boy aged around 15. Upon getting on the train, the young boy was so surprised to see everything. He acclaimed at his father, “Dad, the train is moving and the things are moving backwards.”His father smiled and nodded his head. Just like a kid, the boy was watching everything with gr
13、eat happiness and loaded with tons of surprises. A fruit seller passed selling apples and oranges. The father bought the boy some apples. The boy said, “Oh, the apple looks so sweet than it tastes. I love this colour.” The group was watching all the activities of this boy and asked the boys father,
14、Is your son having any problem? Why is he behaving very differently?A friend from the group made fun of him and shouted, His son is mad I think.The father of the young boy, with patience, replied to the group.My son was born blind. Only a few days before, he was operated and got the vision. He is se
15、eing various things in his life for the first time.The young friends became very quiet and apologized to his father and son. Intelligence and courage will bring success.智慧和勇敢将带来成功The Monkeys and a BellOnce, there lived a Thief in a kingdom. One day, he stole a Church bell and ran into the forest. So
16、on, a Tiger saw the Thief, pounced upon him and killed him. The bell dropped to the ground.Some Monkeys found the bell and started playing with it. When the people found the Thiefs body they thought, A monster must have killed him and then rung the bell? He will kill all of us now!They got scared and started leaving the kingdom.One day, a brave and clever woman was passing thro
