中國故事英文版后羿射日英文二篇

后羿射日HouyiShootstheSunHouyiShootstheSun?！?/14InthetimeofEmperorYao,thegodarcherinheavenwascalledHouyi.Hewasaheroofchivalryandrighteousness.Atthattime,therulerofthe型InthetimeofEmperorYao,thegodarcherinheavenwascalledHouyi.Hewasaheroofchivalryandrighteousness.Atthattime,theruleroftheheavenswastheHeavenlyEmperor,whohad10SunSonswiththeGoddessXiHe.HouyiShootstheSun。‘2/14TheTenSunslivedinYanggu.Therewasabigtreewithluxeleaves,namedFusang.TheTenSunslivedonthetree.)TheTenSunslivedinYanggu.Therewasabigtreewithluxeleaves,namedFusang.TheTenSunslivedonthetree.Undertheirmother'scarefularrangement,theTenSunstookturnsonduty.Peopleworkedsunriseandrestatsunset,livingahappylife.C)Undertheirmother'scarefularrangement,theTenSunstookturnsonduty.Peopleworkedsunriseandrestatsunset,livingahappylife.However,TheTenSunsbegantogettiredoftherepetitiveandboringlife,sotheydiscussedgoingouttoplaytogether.ThenTheTenSunsappearedintheskyatonce,liketenfireballswarmingtheearth.Cropsandtreeswerescorched,theriverdried.Smallanimalsdiedofthirst.Peoplewerehungry,thirstyandattackedbymonsters.EmperorYaosawthepeoplesad,prayingeverdaypiouslytotheemperorofheaven,requestingofthegodsgracetheworld.Then,theHeavenlyEmperorsentHouyiEmperorYaosawthepeoplesad,prayingeverdaypiouslytotheemperorofheaven,requestingofthegodsgracetheworld.Then,theHeavenlyEmperorsentHouyitoEarth.TheEmperorofHeavengaveHouyiabowandarrowtofrightenhisplayfulsons.TheTenSunswerenotafraidofHouyibecausetheywereprotectedbythegodofheaven.Thinkingofthehardshipofhumanlife,HouyishotdownnineSunsatonce.Theredfireballssplitopenonebyone,theearthtrembledandthelastsunranaway.Hewasabouttoshootthelastone,butheletitgotokeepthehumanracealive.Xihe,TheSun'smotherbroughtthelastSunbacktoFusangandtaughthimnottomonkeyaround.TheonlySunnowrisesintheeastandsetsinthewestatthesametimeeveryday.Later,Houyiwipedoutallthemonstersontheearth.Fromthenon,peoplelivedasafelife.CaochongweighedanElephantIntheperiodoftheThreeKinodoms.SunQuanoftheWuKingdomoncegaveCaoCaoanelephantas

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present.Onhearingthis,CaoCaoandhistopofficialsweresohappythattheyallwentoutsidetolookat

it.AyoungboyfollowedCaoCaoclosely.HewasCaoChong,CaoCao'sson.Wow！Theelephantwassohuge！Thefourlegsasalonewereasthickasthepillarsofapalace,Despiteitssize,theelephantwasquitetame.Wantingtoseehowbigtheelephantwas,CaoChonggotveryclosetoit,onlytofindthathecoudbarelyreachuptotheelephant'sbelly.Onseeingthis,CaoCaosaidtoeveryone,"I

wonderhowmuchthishugeelephantweighsDoesanyonehave

anyideahowtoweighit?""Howcanweweigh

athingthisbig?"Allthecivilandmilitaryofficialstartedtotalktoeachother,searching

for

anidea.Someonesaid,"Wecanonlyweighitifwebuildahugesetofscales."Butimaginehowbigthatsetofscaleswouldhavetobe!Andevenwithsuchscales,itwouldbeimpossibletoweighalivingelephantonthem!Ageneralspokeinagruffvoice,"Thisiseasy!Weonlyhavetokillit,cutitup,andthenweighthepiecesonebyone."Onhearingthis,everyoneburstintolaughter.Whywouldanyonekillanelephantjusttohaveitweighed!Nooneelsecouldfigureoutabetteridea.Thecivilandmilitaryofficialsallhungtheirheadsinshameandstoppedtalking.Justthen,CaoChongwalkedinfrontofeverybodyandsaid,"Ihaveasolutiontoweightheelephantproperly.”SeeingthatitwashisbelovedsonCaoChong,CaoCaopretendedtobeangry,andsaid,"Nooneinmycourtcanfigureouthowtoweighanelephant.Sohowcanyou,amerechild,solvethisproblem?"CaoChongthenwhisperedsomethingintoCaoCao'searsthatmadeCaoCaosmile.CaoCaoimmediatelytoldeveryone,"Followme!Let'sgototheriversideandwatchthiselephantbeingweighed!"AbigboatwasmooredintheriverCaoChongaskedsomeonetoleadtheelephantontotheboat.Theelephantwassoheavy!Themomentitgotontotheboat,theboatwentdownalot.Whentheboatstoppedrocking,CaoChongcutamarkalongthewaterlineonthesideoftheboatwithasmalldagger.Thenheaskedsomeonetoleadtheelephantbackontothebank.Everybodywatchedwiththeireyeswideopen,butnobodyhadtheslightestcluewhatwasgoingon.Afterthat,CaoChongaskedpeopletoaetalotofrocksandslowlyloadthemontotheboat.Themorerocksthatwereloaded,thedeepertheboatsank.Assoonastheboatsanktothelevelwherethewaterlinemetthemarkonthesideoftheboat,CaoChongshouted,"Stop!"Atlast,everbodyrealizedwhatwasgoingon."Hooray!Hooray!"Peoplestartedcheerinqandclapping,marvelingatthiscleveridea.Nowtheonlythingthathadtobedonewastoweighalltherocksandthenaddupthetotaltoknowtheexactweightoftheelephant.Whentheweighingofalltherockswasfinished,thesoldierinchargewasjustabouttoreportthefinalnumber.CaoChongstoppedhim,"Holdon!WhenImadethemark,Iwasalsoonboardwiththeelephant,somyweightshouldbesubtract