Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional virtues - English Storytelling, 3 minutes

English Storytelling, 3 minutes

When Jack bowed to someone, he always did it at lightening speed. You shouldn't wait any longer after he has had his head nod. Then some warmhearted men taught him, "When you bow to somebody next time, you can count 'January, February, March. until December. So he was blamed for no manners. Then some warmhearted men taught him "When you bow to somebody next time, you can count 'January, February, March. The bow was so long that it made his uncle feel surprised and escaped away soon . When Jack looked up, he found his uncle gone . So he asked the passer, "Which month did he go away?Jack gave a bow, a quick nod, and that was it. Everyone blamed him for his lack of manners. So he asked the passer, "Which month did he go away?" Everyone blamed him for his lack of manners. In this way the etiquette will be complete." The next day Jack saw his uncle, and he did as he was told. It was a bow so long that his uncle was taken aback and fled. Jack looked up and saw that his uncle was long gone, so he asked a passerby, "What month did my uncle leave?"

Fox and cock

One morning a fox sees a cock.He

think, "This is my breakfast.''

He comes up to the cock and says, "I know

you can sing very well. Can you sing for me?''The

cock is glad. He closes his eyes and begins

to sing.The fox sees that and caches him in his mouth and carries him away. He closes his eyes and begins

to sing. The fox sees that and caches him in his mouth and carries him away.

The people in the field see the fox. The cock says to the fox, "Mr Fox,do you understand?The people say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it is yours.Not theirs.''

The fox opens his mouth ang says, "The cock is mine,not yours. cock is mine,not yours.''Just then the cock runs away from the fox and flies into the tree.

The fox and the rooster

One morning a fox saw a rooster. He thought: This is my breakfast.

He came towards the rooster and said to him, "I know that you can sing very well, will you sing to me?" The rooster was delighted. He closed his eyes and began to sing. The fox saw this and grabbed him and put him in his mouth and walked away.

People in the field saw the fox. Yelling and screaming, "Look, look! The fox has caught the rooster and escaped." The rooster said to the fox, "Mr. Fox, can you understand? People think you took the rooster. Tell them it is yours, not theirs."

The fox opened her beak and said, "The rooster is mine, not yours." Just then. The rooster ran under the tree.

The Old Cat

An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. one day the old One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.

An old woman had a cat.

Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. young."

Translation

The Old Cat

An old woman had a cat, which was very old, and it could not run fast, nor could it bite anything, because it was too old. One day, the old cat found a mouse, and it jumped over to catch this mouse, however, it could not bite this mouse. So the mouse slipped out of its mouth, because the old cat could not bite it.

So the old woman was angry because the old cat had not bitten the mouse to death. She began to beat the cat, and the cat said, "Do not beat your old servant; I have served you for many years, and would still like to serve you; but I am really too old; do not be so merciless to the older ones, but remember the useful things that the older ones did when they were young."