英语故事：Tiger Son
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Once there was an elderly widow, Chen Ma, who lived with her only son inside a forest in the Shanxi Province. Her son was one of the tiger hunters licend by the local magistrate, following the same profession of his father and grandfather before him. His share of the profits from the sale of tiger skins, meat and bones was sufficient to keep the small mud
hut well provisioned for himlf and his old mother.
All was well until a particularly bitter winter. During a snowstorm, Chen Ma's son was parated from his fellow
born和bornehunters and became food for a hungry tigress.中译英翻译器
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After her initial shock and grief subsided, Chen Ma took stock of her own utterly desperate situation -- an old woman left all alone. She went and implored the magistrate to
provide her with compensation for the loss of her son, who
was her only source of support. The magistrate decreed that henceforth, she would have a small share
of profits from the kill of each tiger by the hunters. Needless to say, his decision was not taken well by the hunters, who had plenty of mouths of their own to feed -- both old and young.
So, when the hunters succeeded in killing the tigress
that ate Chen Ma's son, they decided not to give her a share
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of the profits. Instead, they brought her the tigress' newborn cub. He was a small quivery ball of golden fur with wobbly legs and toothless gums. The rope they tied around his neck was so tight that it was practically choking him. Instantly, Chen Ma's heart went out to this helpless creature, who jade-green eyes were glistening with tears.
After the hunters left, the tiger cub wobbled to where Chen Ma sat and lay at her feet. She bent down to rub his ears and he licked her shoes with his soft tongue.
ppliveThe elderly widow looked at the tiger baby and sighed. "They told me to butcher you, to salt and smoke your flesh
for my meat supply. Your skin would make warm boots for my feet; your bones are good for making Tiger Bone Wine to ea the pain in my joints. But oh, how can I bear to kill you? You are so young a
nd vital, while I am so old and frail."
And so, Chen Ma untied the rope from the little tiger's neck and fed him a paste of cooked roots with her fingers. Her son had a good supply of grains and roots in the attached shed and she planned to stretch the food out to last the winter.英语四级查询入口官网
When the store of the firewood was running low, Chen Ma was unable to keep her bedroll on top of the kang warm . So she slept curling against the baby tiger, who soft fur was cozy and warm.
Once ever so often, women from nearby villages would bring wing for Chen Ma to do. She was very handy with a needle. They paid her for her labor with dried venison and small sacks of grain. At first they did not find the little tiger's prence alarming; he was no bigger than a piglet. However, when spring came, he had grown into the size of a calf, showing a full t of teeth and claws. The women told their hunter husbands and the men came to kill the young tiger.
Chen Ma armed herlf with her son's hunting spear and threatened to gut anyone who dared to harm her beloved pet.
"I've lost both husband and son. This tiger is the only companion I have now. I shall go to the magistrate and request to adopt him as my son."
The hunters thought the old woman had become mad and jeered at her. But since she was so determined, they dared not kill her tiger without the magistrate's permission. So they followed Chen Ma and her tiger all the way to the
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"Venerable Mother," said the magistrate. "Your request is most unusual. Are you not afraid that some day the tiger might revert to his wild nature and devour you?"
六一快乐英文"Honorable sir," replied the old widow with tears in her eyes. "What is there to fear? I have lived too long. The only worry I have now is being left utterly alone. Plea let me adopt this young tiger, for he has become like a son in my affections."
The kindly magistrate did not have the heart to refu such an ancient woman's pleading. So he had his assistant draw up a document for the tiger's adoption.
奥巴马中国演讲In order to protect the tiger from the hunters' arrows and spears, the magistrate ordered a large copper pendent made to hang around the beast's neck. The words "Fu Chee" were engraved on the pendent meaning Tiger Son. To show her deep gratitude, Chen Ma knelt down in front of the magistr
ate and knocked her forehead three times. Then she led Fu Chee back to their home in the forest.
