Cao Chong Weighed the Elephant
One day somebody nt Cao Cao an elephant. It was a gift for him.Cao Cao took his officials and his little son,CaoChong,to e it.They gathered around this huge elephant.It was the biggest animal in town.癫疯病最好的治疗
消防自查报告It was tall.It was huge. It was heavy.“How much does it weigh安卓电视”?
Cao Cao asked his officials.They scratched their heads and tried to think how to weigh the elephant. One of them said ,“How can we weigh such a big animal 销售心理学？No one has scales big enough for it怎么煮西米”.He suggested building a huge scale.
Cao Chong was thinking and thinging .At last he said ,神话故事神话故事“I know how to weigh it .”But no one heard him.The officials kept thinking.Another man said that they could cut the elephant into small parts ,weigh one part at the time,and add up the weights.But people did not like this idea becau they did not want to kill the elephant.Cao Chong said again,晚好“I know how to weigh it.”But nobody listened.They did not believe that a six-year -old boy would know better.They still talked among themlves.
Cao Chong pushed his way the front.He said very loudly,“I know how to weigh the elephant.!”This time everyone heard him.Everyone laughed at him.“But I do know how!”Cao Chong said.“Well, let’s hear it.If you are so wi,tell us how to weigh this elephant.”But they laughed when they said it.
Cao Chong told his father that he could weigh the elephant if he had a big boat and a lot of heavy stones.Cao Cao was very surprid, but still he ordered his men to get everything ready.When they led the elephant down into the boat, the water came up,and then Cao Chong marked the water line.
Then they drove the elephant onto the bank and put the heavy stones in the boat until the water came up to the same line.Finally,Cao Chong told the men to weigh each of the stones and add up all the weights. In this way ,he weighed the elephant.Cao Cao felt very proud of his little son.
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