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森林里住着各种动物，大部分动物都善良可亲。 然而，也有一些动物属于一个由猫领导的团伙，这个团伙里的动物都很懒惰，他们不干活，想要什么了就从别的动物那里抢。 鸟和老鼠都是猫的团伙的成员。他们在森林里玩的时候看到了一个小村舍，从窗户看进去，没有人，桌子上有一篮子水果。 鸟和老鼠都太饿了，就偷偷摸摸进了村舍。他们都想吃苹果,但是篮子里只有一个苹果。于是他们决定偷走苹果后再商量怎么分。 他们藏在一棵大树后面。 鸟说："快点，老鼠，现在我们分苹果吧。” "好啊，”老鼠说，“我真饿坏了。” "我也是。”鸟说，“你认为我们该怎么分这个苹果呢？” “我知道，”老鼠说，“由我来吃苹果，把种子留给你。鸟一向是吃种子的。” "没门！”鸟说道，‘‘那样你分的比我多多啦。” 他们争啊争啊，但是对怎么分苹果仍然没达成一致。 最后他们决定把苹杲拿到猫那里，由猫替他们分。他们来到猫的藏身处，讲了他们的问题。猫同意帮忙。 “首先我要一把锋利的刀子和我的秤。”猫说。 他去取来刀和秤,把苹果放在一块平整的大石头上。接着他把苹果切成了两半称了称。 "哦，第一块比第二块重。我要从第一块上切下一点来。” 猫从第一块上切下一小块塞进了自己嘴里，又重新称了称两块苹果。 "现在第二块又比第一块重了点，”猫说，"所以我要把它切掉—点。” 他切掉一小块，又迅速塞进了嘴里。 就这样一次又一次，每次猫都吃掉一小块，不一会儿就只剩下很小的一块了。猫耸了耸肩，把剩下的苹果还给了鸟和老鼠。 "对不起，”猫说道,“我分苹果太公平了，不能再帮你们分了。” 最后鸟和老鼠都没吃到苹果,反而大部分被猫吃了。 An Apple In the forest lived a lot of different animals, and most of the animals were good and kind. However, some of the animals belonged to a gang which was led by Cat. The animals in the gang were lazy. They did not work and they took things from the other animals whenever they wanted to. Bird and Mouse belonged to Cat's gang. When Bird and Mouse were playing in the forest they saw a cottage. They looked in the windows of the cottage. No one was there. They saw a basket of fruits on a table. Bird and Mouse were so hungry that they snuck into the cottage. They both wanted an apple. There was only one apple in the basket. They decided to take the apple and figure out how to divide it later. They hid behind a big tree. Bird said, “Come on Mouse, now we must divide the apple. ’’ “Okay,” said Mouse, “I'm really hungry. ” “Me too,” said Bird, “How do you think we should divide the apple?” “I know,” said Mouse, “I’ll eat the apple and leave you the seeds. Birds eat seeds all the time anyway. “No way!” said Bird, “Then you would get more than me. ’， They argued and argued but they could not agree on how to divide the apple. Finally they decided to take the apple to Cat and ask Cat to divide it for them. So they went to Cat's hide-out and told Cat their problem. He agreed to help. “First I need a sharp knife and my scale.” said Cat. He went and got the knife and scale and put them on a big flat rock. Then he cut the apple into two pieces and weighed them. “Oh, the first piece weighs more than the second one. I'll just cut a small piece off the first one. ” Cat cut a small piece off the first one and popped it into his mouth. Then he weighed both pieces again. “Now the second piece weighs more than the first piece,” said Cat, “ So I’ll have to cut a little off it. ” He did and then he popped it into his mouth. This happened over and over again. Each time Cat cut a piece of apple he ate it. Soon there was only one small piece left of the apple. Cat shrugged his shoulders and gave the apple to Bird and Mouse. “Sorry,” said Cat, “I’m too just to divide the apple and I can’t try anymore. ” At last neither Bird nor Mouse got the apple but Cat had eaten most of it. |
