by Pedro Pablo Sacristán

翻譯：寒星

文房三寶

by Pedro Pablo Sacristán

翻譯：寒星

BOOK,iNK,AND FEATHER

兄弟同心，其利斷金。有時(shí)若能找到合適的伙伴，并與伙伴一起努力，能達(dá)到比自己?jiǎn)胃筛玫男ЧＤ闵磉呌袥](méi)有這樣的“小伙伴”呢？

Once upon a time, in a small city, there was an empty storybook. The book looked great, but all its pages were1)blank. Passers-by would pick up the book with2)anticipation, and cast the book aside because there were no stories inside. Not far from there, a lovely inkpot had been full of ink for years. His owner had forgotten about him.

One time when the book was thrown away, he ended up next to the inkpot. They told each other stories about their bad luck. And they would do this for years, if an3)elegant swan feather did not float down and land next to them. The feather felt lonely and4)abandoned at the beginning. He cried, and the book and the inkpot joined in.

However, the feather was soon tired of crying, and he decided to improve the situation. He5)convinced the storybook and inkpot to write a story together. The storybook opened up his best pages, the inkpot didn’t6)spill even a drop, and the feather7)contributed great8)ingenuity and beautiful writing. Together they managed to write a story.

A teacher passed by, looking sad. He had a problem keeping his pupils’attention. He found the storybook, the inkpot and the feather and picked them up. After reading the book, he found the story charming. In class he told the story to his pupils, and they all loved it.

From then on, the three buddies wrote a new story for the young teacher everyday. They felt so happy and proud.

詞組加油站

passer-by 過(guò)路人（復(fù)數(shù)：passers-by）

pick up 撿起，拾起

cast…aside 把……丟在一旁

end up 最后來(lái)到（某處）

foat down 飄落

be tired of 厭倦……

pass by 經(jīng)過(guò)

1) blank [bl??k] adj. 空白的

2) anticipation [?n,t?s?'pe??n] n. 期待，盼望

3) elegant ['el?g?nt] adj. 優(yōu)雅的

4) abandoned [?'b?nd?nd] adj. 被遺棄的

5) convince [k?n'v?ns] v. 使信服，說(shuō)服

6) spill [sp?l] v. 灑出，溢出

7) contribute [k?n'tr?bju?t] v. 貢獻(xiàn)出

8) ingenuity [,?nd??'nju??t?] n. 足智多謀，獨(dú)出心裁

從前，在一座小城市里，有一本空白的故事書(shū)。那本故事書(shū)看起來(lái)很棒，可里面的書(shū)頁(yè)卻一片空白。路過(guò)的人會(huì)滿懷期待地拿起故事書(shū)，卻又因?yàn)槔镱^沒(méi)有任何故事而將書(shū)丟至一邊。不遠(yuǎn)處，有一個(gè)好看的墨水瓶，里頭的墨水多年來(lái)都是滿的。可他的主人已經(jīng)將他遺忘。

有一次，故事書(shū)再次被丟棄，掉在了墨水瓶的旁邊。他們相互傾訴著彼此的不幸遭遇。如果那片優(yōu)雅的天鵝羽毛沒(méi)有飄落在他們旁邊的話，他們大概會(huì)就這樣一直唱下去。起初，羽毛感到很孤獨(dú)，像被遺棄了一般。他哭了出來(lái)，于是故事書(shū)和墨水瓶也一起哭了起來(lái)。

然而，羽毛很快就厭倦了哭泣，他決定要改變這個(gè)處境。他說(shuō)服故事書(shū)和墨水瓶一起寫(xiě)一個(gè)故事。故事書(shū)打開(kāi)了自己最美好的書(shū)頁(yè)，墨水瓶沒(méi)有讓哪怕是一滴墨水濺出，而羽毛則書(shū)寫(xiě)出了非常靈動(dòng)且美好的字句。他們同心協(xié)力寫(xiě)下了一個(gè)故事。

一位教師路過(guò)這里，他看上去很憂傷。因?yàn)樗麤](méi)有辦法吸引學(xué)生的注意力。隨后，他發(fā)現(xiàn)了故事書(shū)、墨水瓶和羽毛，就隨手將他們拿了起來(lái)。讀完故事書(shū)后，教師發(fā)覺(jué)書(shū)中的故事非常吸引人。后來(lái)他在課堂上給學(xué)生們講了這個(gè)故事，學(xué)生們都非常喜歡。

從那時(shí)起，這三兄弟每天都給年輕教師寫(xiě)下一個(gè)新故事。他們感到無(wú)比快樂(lè)且自豪。