每天读一点英文之那些给我智慧和勇气的寓言故事（寓言篇）

78 the clever donkey 聪明的驴

one day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. the animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.
有一天，农夫的驴掉进了井里。在农夫想办法的时候，可怜的驴叫了好几个小时。

finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn’t worth it to retrieve the donkey.
最后，农夫决定，驴已经老了，反正井也需要填平；把驴救出来不太值得了。

he invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. they all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well.
他请了所有的邻居来帮忙。他们都抄起铲子，开始往井里填土。

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作文地带知识拓展:

• ‌“故事”的英文翻译是“Story”‌。‌

  Story是一个英语单词，主要用作名词、动词，作名词时翻译为“故事；小说；描述；新闻报道；来历；假话；层；一种测量单位（1 story 等于 3.3 米）；(Story) 斯托里（人名）”，作动词时翻译为“用历史故事画装饰；说谎”。

  故事是一种文学体裁，侧重于事件发展过程的描述，强调情节的生动性和连贯性，适合口头讲述。‌故事可以是真实发生的事情，也可以是虚构的情节。它们通常与人类的历史、文化传统和价值观念密切相关，通过记忆和传播，影响着社会的性格形成和文化形态。‌