儿童小故事：红色小母鸡的故事（一）

A little red hen once found a grain¹ of wheat. "Who will plant this wheat?" she asked.

"I won't." said the dog.

"I won't." said the cat.

"I won't." said the pig.

"I won’t." said the turkey.
 
"Okay, then I'll do it," answered the little red hen. She planted the grain of wheat and soon the wheat began to grow. The sun shone on it, the rain fell, and the wheat grew tall and strong. "Now, who will reap² this wheat?" asked the little red hen.

　　中文：

　　一次，一只红色的小母鸡找到了一粒小麦。“谁愿意种植这粒小麦？”她问。

　　“我不愿意。”小狗回答。

　　“我不愿意。”小猫回答 。

　　“我不愿意。”小猪回答。

　　“我不愿意。”火鸡回答。

　　“好吧，那么我来做。”红色小母鸡回答道。她种下这粒小麦，很快小麦开始生长。阳光照耀着它，雨水滋润着它，小麦生长的又高又壮。“现在，谁来收割这个小麦？”红色小母鸡问道。

1 grain   

n.谷物，粮食；颗，粒；些微，一点儿；纹理；脾气，特性

参考例句：

• Grain output reached a new high in the three years.谷物产量达到三年中最高水平。
• We ship grain to Africa.我们把谷物运往非洲。

2 reap   

v.得到，获得（报酬、成果等），收割，收获

参考例句：

• It is not easy to reap the harvest of my hard work.获得自己辛勤工作的成果是不容易的。
• As a man sows,so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。