The Little Red Chicken

紅色的小雞

A little red chicken had a store in a small town. She sold many different items to people in the town. The people loved her products.

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一只紅色的小雞在小城里開了一家商店，里面的商品很多，而且城里的人們都喜歡它店里的物品。

One day, a cat came to her property. He saw the sign that indicated where the chicken’s store was located. He wanted to purchase bread, but the chicken’s store was almost empty. She had only a bag of wheat.

有一天，一只貓來到她的店。他沿著標識找到了小雞的店鋪，想要進去買些面包。然而，小雞店里的商品幾乎都已經賣光了，只剩下一袋麥子。

You can use the wheat to make bread, the chicken said.

“你可以買這些小麥回去自己做面包，”小雞說。

No, I don’t want to work, the cat said. “I just want to buy bread.” The cat became angry and left the store.

“不，我懶得動手，”小貓回答?！拔抑皇窍胭I點面包而已。”小貓生氣地走出了商店。

Later, the little red chicken saw the cat in a crowd.

過了一會，小雞在人群中看到了那只小貓。

I will help you make the bread, she said.

“我可以幫你做面包，”小雞說。

But the cat treated her badly. He did not even communicate with her.

但小貓的態度很惡劣，甚至都沒有理睬小雞的話。

He did not want to do any work.

他什么都懶得做。

So the chicken decided to make the bread. She selected the exact amount of wheat to make fresh bread. She used a stone to pound the wheat to get it ready. Soon, her bread was ready.

所以小雞決定做面包。她選了適量的小麥，并用石磨把小麥磨碎了，原料準備好之后，很快面包就出爐了。

The cat came and saw the bread on a dish.

小貓走過來，發現盤子里有一塊面包。

Give me some of your bread, he said.

“給我吃一點面包把，”他說。

No, said the iittle red chicken. “You did not help me make the bread. So you shall not have any to eat.”

“不，”小雞回答，“你沒有幫忙做面包，所以沒有你的份。”

The cat argued with the chicken. He tried to offer a price for it. But the little red chicken did not want to sell her bread.

小貓和小雞爭吵起來，他想用錢買這塊面包，但小雞卻并不想賣。

Don’t depend on others to do work for you, said the little red chicken. “別指望別人幫你把事情都做好，”小雞說。

Then how will I get bread? the cat asked.

“那我怎么才能吃到面包？”小貓問道。

I recommend doing some work, said the little red chicken. “Use a tool to plant your own wheat. When it grows big, you can gather it and make your own bread.You need to learn to do work for what you want.”

“我建議你不要偷懶，”小雞答道。“你可以自己播種種小麥，小麥長大后就可以做面包了。你要學會為自己想要的東西付出努力?！?/p>

單詞

argue v.爭論

communicate v.交流

crowd n.人群

depend v.依靠

dish n.碟，盤

empty adj.空的

exact adj.準確的，精密的

fresh adj.新鮮的

gather v.聚集

indicate v.表明，指出

item n.物品

offer v.提供

price n.價格

product n.產品

property n.財產

purchase v.購買

recommend v.推薦

select v.挑選

tool n.工具

treat v.對待