简单英语故事：小马过河

One day, a colt took a bag of wheat to the mill. As he was running with the bag on his back, he came to a small river. The coltcould not decide whether he could cross it. Looking around, he saw a cow grazing nearby. He asked, “Aunt Cow, could youtell me if I can cross the river?” The cow told him that he could and that the river was not very deep, just knee high.

The colt was crossing the river when a squirrel jumped down fron a tree and stopped him. The squirrel shouted, “Colt, stop!You’ll drown! One of my friends drowned just yesterday in the river.” Not knowing what to do, the colt went home to consulthis mum.

He told his mum his experience on the way. His mother said, “My child, don’t always listen to others. You’d better go and tryyourself. Then you’ll know what to do.”

Later, at the river,the squirrel stopped the colt again. “Little horse, it’s too dangerous!” “No, I want to try myself,” answered thecolt.Then he crossed the river carefully.Real knowledge comes from practice.

⼀天，⼀匹⼩马驮着麦⼦去磨坊。当它驮着⼝袋向前跑去时，突然发现⼀条⼩河挡住了去路。⼩马为难了，这可怎么办呢？它向四周望了望，看见⼀头奶⽜在河边吃草。⼩马问道：“⽜阿姨，请您告诉我，这条河我能趟过去吗？”奶⽜回答说：“⽔很浅，刚到膝盖。”

⼩马正准备过河，突然从树上跳下⼀只松⿏，拦住它⼤叫道：“⼩马，别过河！

你会被淹死的。昨天，我的⼀个伙伴就在这条河⾥淹死啦！”⼩马不知如何是好，于是决定回家问问妈妈。

⼩马把路上的经历告诉了妈妈。妈妈说：“孩⼦，光听别⼈说是不⾏的，你⾃⼰亲⾃去试⼀试，就知道答案了。”

⼩马回到河边，刚要下⽔，松⿏⼜⼤叫起来：“⼩马，你不要命啦？”⼩马说：“让我⾃⼰试试吧。”他⼀⾯回答⼀⾯下了河，⼩⼼地趟了过去。实践出真知。