經(jīng)典成語(yǔ)故事塞翁失馬

塞翁失馬SaiWengLosingHisHorseLonglongago,duringtheWarringStatesPeriod,therewasavillageneartheborderoftheNorthCity.ThevillagewasalsonotfarfromtheSouthCity.Therewasanoldmaninthevillage.

EveryonecallhimSaiWeng.Hehadalotofhorses.Oneday,

hefoundahorsemissing.Whenhisneighborsheardaboutit,theycametocomforthim,'"Don'tworry!Don't

worry!Pleasetakecareofyourhealth!"SaiWengansweredwithasmile,"I'mnotworriedatall.Itmightbeagoodthingtoloseahorse."Afterafewdays,SaiWeng's

losthorsesuddenlycameback.ThehorsealsobroughtbackahorsefromtheSouthCity.Whentheneighborssawit,theyallenviedhim,"Youaresoluckytohaveonemorehorse!?"SaiWenglookedatthehorse,twitchedhismouthandsaid,"Oh,itmaybeatrouble!"SaiWeng'ssonlikedthenewhorsefromtheSouthCityverymuch.Heinsistedonridingit.However,afterhejustrideahorse,hefellothegroundunexpectedlyandbrokeoneofhis

legs.WhenSaiWeng'sneighborsknewit,theycameagaintocomforthim"Don'tworry.Don'tworry.Takecareofyourhealth!"SaiWengthensaidwithasmileagain,"I'mnotworriedatall.Itmaybeagoodthingformysontobreakhisleg!?"ThefightbetweentheSouthCityandtheNorthCitylastedforalongtime.Intheend,theNorthCitywasdefeated.Noneoftheneighbors'sonscamehome,andtheyallbecamegloriousmartyrs.Now,onlySaiWenghadasoninthewholevillage.Theneighborsenviedhimandsaid,"SaiWeng,youaresolucky!"

SaiWengtwitchedhismouthandsaid,"Oh,itmaybeatrouble!"DrillWoodtoMakeFire

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火Longtimeago,peoplehadn'tlearnedhowtomakefire,letalonecookfood.Peopleaterawfoodanddrankcoldwater.Everythingtheyatewasraw,sopeopleusedtogetsickandevendieeasily,andtheirlifespanwasnotlong.Oneday,theforestcaughtfire.Afterthefirewasputout,peoplefoundbeaststhatwereburntbythefire.Peoplefoundthatthesmellwasgood.Theytookabite,anditwasdelicious,too.Hence,peoplelearnedthatmeattastesbetterwhencookedwithfire.Theyalsodiscoveredthatfirecanbringlightanddriveawaywildanimals.Withfire,thebeastswouldn'tdaretogetnearpeople.Theyalsodiscoveredthatfirecanbringlightanddriveawaywildanimals.Withfire,thebeastswouldn'tdaretogetnearpeople.Onamountain,theregrewakindoftreecalledSuimu.IntheSuimuwoods,therelivedakindofbirdwithalongandhardbeak.Thiskindofbirdlikedtopeckthewoodwithitsbeak.Itpeckedandpecked,andsometimesitcouldpeckoutsparks.Onedayamanwalkedthroughthewoodsandsawthesparks.Hethought:"Ifbirdscanmakesparks,canIdothesame?"HefoundapieceofSuimuwoodandahardbranch,andstruckthewoodwiththebranchjustlikethebirddid.However,hecouldn'tmakeanysparksnomatterhowhardhetried.Buthedidn'tgiveup.HefoundapieceofdrySuimuwoodandputsomehayonit.Hekeptdrillinganddilingonthewoodwithabranch.Finally,thewoodsparkedandlitsomehayandthewood.Hekeptdrillinganddilingonthewoodwithabranch.Finally,thewoodsparkedandlitsomehayandthewood.Wordspreadquickly,andpeoplegraduallylearnedtomakefireontheirownandcookfoodwithtorches.Thedaysofeatingrawmeathadfinallyended.Whenthenightcomes,peopleallgatheraroundthefire,andthewildanimalsdarenotapproachthemeasily.Themanwhoinvented"dillingwoodtomakefire"wasnamedSulRenShi.Peoplewereverygratefulltohimandelectedhimasthe,leaderofthetribe.SuiRenShiisregardedasthe"ancestoroffire"bylatergenerations,andhisstoryhasbeenspreadthroughouthisto