ed nearly the whole brood to death .One that escaped ran off to his mother with the dreadful news."and ,oh ,mother !"said he ,"it was a beast -such a big four footed beast!-that did it .""Big?" quoth the old frog ,"How big?Was it as big" -- and she puffed herself out to a great degree-"as big as this ""oh!"said the little one ,"a great deal bigger than that .""well,was it so big "and she swelled herself out yet mer

Making His Mark 刻舟求剑
A man from the state of Chu was crossing a river in a boat when his sword fell into the water. Immediately he made a mark on the boat. "This is where my sword fell off," he said.
楚国有个人乘船过江，行至江中，其随身佩剑不慎坠落江里。他急忙在船舷上刻下记号，并说：“我的剑是从这儿掉下去的。”
When the boat stopped moving, he jumped into the water to look for his sword atthe place where he had marked the boat.
船停后。他就从刘记号的地方入水去寻剑。
The boat had moved but the sword had not. Is this not a very foolish way to look for the sword?
船早已前行，而剑不动，用这种方法找创，不是很愚蠢吗?

　　Spring is past, it's summer. Busy little ants began to prepare for the winter food. Can the grasshopper but in branches on rest, play. He saw ants are preparing for the winter food and felt very stupid, he now preparing food, they laughed at him. Ants ignored him, continue to carry the winter food.
　　Winter arrived, the grasshopper due to always naughty and lazy, not for the winter food, cold and hungry. He found the ants, begging ants give yourself a little food, ants agreed. See gobble the grasshopper, ants tell him: "do after all want to earlier." The grasshopper listened, feel very ashamed, so determined to later want to learn. Ants
　　Ants do anything early, because he knew QianJinHouSong truth. And the grasshopper but and ants on the contrary, he know only a waste of time, to a critical moment, he begged for others. We want to study the ant cherish the time of quality and hardworking spirit.
　　中文翻译：
　　春天过去了，夏天来了。勤劳的小蚂蚁开始准备过冬的粮食。可蚱蜢却在枝叶上休息、玩耍。他见蚂蚁正在准备过冬的食物，觉得他很傻，现在就准备食物，便嘲笑他。蚂蚁不理他，继续搬运过冬的食物。
　　冬天到了，蚱蜢由于一直贪玩和偷懒，没有准备过冬的粮食，又冷又饿。他找到了蚂蚁，乞求蚂蚁给自己一点吃的，蚂蚁同意了。见着狼吞虎咽的蚱蜢，蚂蚁告诉他：“以后干什么都要早一点。”蚱蜢听了，觉得自己很惭愧，于是下决心以后要向蚂蚁学习。
　　蚂蚁做什么事都很早，因为他知道前紧后松的道理。而蚱蜢却和蚂蚁相反，他只知道浪费时间，一到关键时刻，就乞求别人。我们要学习蚂蚁珍惜时间的品质和勤劳的精神。