The little horse and the river

  One day, a little horse was asked to mill flour by his mother, he carried two bags of wheat and left home. He was walking happily when he came to a river. The mill was on the other side of the river, and there was no bridge over the water. Now ,what would the little horse do？ Looking at the flowing water. He got confused. Then he saw an old cow eating grass on the bank. So he asked him “Uncle cow, is the water deep? And can I walk across it?” “Not at all. It’s just as high as my lower legs. You can go across it. It’s safe.” Then the little horse was ready to go across the water. Just then, a squirrel in the tree shouted to him “Little horse, little horse. Don’t go in the water. It’s too deep. You’ll get drowned and one of my friends got drowned in a few days ago.” So the little horse drew back his legs quickly. He had to go back to ask his mother what to do. When his mother heard his story. She laughed and said to him. My child, it’s not enough if you only listen to the others. You must try it by yourself. Then you’ll find the truth. The little horse came back to the river again. When he put his legs in the water. The squirrel cried out again” Little horse, little horse, it’s dangerous. You can’t do that. ” “ Let me have a try. ”The horse said. And with those words he walked carefully across the river. The water was neither that shallow as the cow had told him nor that deep as the squirrel had described. It was just ok for him.

小马过河

一天，小马的的妈妈让小马去磨面，于是，他驮了两袋大米离开了家。他开心地在河边走着，磨坊在河的那一边，但是河面上没有桥。现在，小马该怎么做呢？他迷惑了。这时，小马看见正在河边吃草的老牛，于是就问：“牛伯伯，这河水深吗？我可以趟过去吗？”“不要紧的，河水只到我的膝盖，你可以趟过去，很安全的。”小马正准备趟过去，正在这时，树上的小鸟对他叫道：“小马，小马，不要趟过去，水太深了。你会被淹死的，几天前我的一个同伴就是淹死了。”于是，小马很快把腿缩回去了，他不得不回家问问妈妈该怎么做？当他的妈妈听了他的故事，她笑着对她说：我的孩子，光听别人说是不够的，你必须自己去尝试，那么你就会找到真理。小马又回到了河边，当他把脚放到水里时，小鸟又叫了起来：“小马，小马，太危险，你不要那么做。”“让我试试吧！”小马说。说着，小马安全地趟过了河。水既不像小鸟说的那么深，也不像老牛说的那么浅。