經典兒童英語寓言故事:守財奴和他的金子

編者按：《守財奴和他的金子》是一篇經典兒童英語寓言故事，講述了一個財主愛錢的事情，有一天他的金子被偷走了別人。

Once upon a time there was a miser. He hid his gold under a tree. Every week he used to dig it up.

One night a robber stole All the gold. When themiser came again, he found nothing but an empty hole.

He was surprised, and then burst into tears. All the neighbors gathered around him.

He told them how he used to come and visit his gold.

"Did you你在ever take any of it out?" asked one of them. "No," he said,"I only came to look at it."

"Then come again and look at the hole," said the neighbor, "it will be the same as looking at the gold."

once upon a time：曾經

hid[hɪd]：隱藏

dig[dɪɡ]：挖

robber['rɑbɚ]：強盜

burst[bɝst]：爆發

從前，有一個守財奴。他把金子藏在樹下，每週都要挖出來看看。

一天晚上，一個強盜偷走了所有的金子。當他再次來的時候，除了一個空洞，什麼也沒找到。

他很驚訝，然後哭了起來。所有的鄰居都聚過來了，問他怎麼回事。

於是，守財奴告訴鄰居們他是如何每週都來看他的金子的。

“你有把金子取出來過嗎?”一個鄰居問道。“不，”他說，“我只是來看看。”

“那就每天來看看這個洞吧，”鄰居說，“這跟看金子一樣。”

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