愚蠢的小雞A Foolish Chicken

　　Mr Smith had no money to buy any presents for his children .His wife was ill and he spent a lot of money on her medicine .And the harvest was bad and all his family were going go be hungry the next spring .He was quite worried about it .

　　“We had only a cock ,”said Mrs Smith one day .“You’d better take it to the town .Sell it there and buy some cakes and sweets for our children .”

　　“It’s a good idea !”the man said and caught the cock the next morning and put it into a box .It was difficult to walk on the road covered with thick snow .

　　Two hours later he was very tied and wanted to have a rest .He put the box to the ground and sat down .

　　“The air in the box must be close ,”the man said to himself .“I’d better let the cock walk outside for a while ,or it’ll die .”

　　So he put the cock to the ground .When he started again ,he couldn’t catch it any longer .

　　“How foolish you are !”Mr Smith called out angrily .“You can herald the break of day at night but you cann’t find the way to the town in the daytime !”

　　聖誕節馬上來了。

　　史密斯先生卻沒有錢為他的孩子買禮物。他的妻子病了為了給他的妻子賣藥史密斯先生花了很多錢。而他的收入卻少得可憐，他們一大家子人下個春季都要捱餓。他為此非常著急。

　　有一天史密斯夫人說到：“我們只有一隻小雞。你最好帶著他去鎮上，賣了它然後為我們的孩子買一些蛋糕和糖果。”

　　“這是個好主意。”男人說道，然後第二天早晨他抓了那隻小雞把它丟盡一個箱子。路上覆蓋著厚厚的積雪很難行走。

　　兩個小時以後，他感覺非常的淚想休息一下。他把箱子放到地上坐下來。

　　“箱子裡空氣肯定很封閉”這個男人自言自語。“我最好讓小雞出來溜達一會兒，否則它會死掉的。”

　　因此他把小雞放到地上。當他準備要走的時候，這個男人卻再也沒辦法抓住這隻小雞。

　　史密斯先生大聲生氣的說：“你真是太愚蠢了!你能在夜晚預知黎明什麼時候到來，大白天的卻找不到去鎮上的路!”