The Three Monks(三个和尚)

The Three Monks

三个和尚

Once upon a time, there was a temple on a mountain. A little monk lived in the temple.

从前有座山，山上有座庙，庙里有个小和尚。

Every morning, he got water from the river nearby. Every time he could carry two buckets of water with the pole.

每天早上，他从附近的河里打水。每次他都能用扁担担回两桶水.

And he added water to the bottle on the Buddha’s table, and the willow branches in the bottle grew better and better.

他往佛桌上的瓶子里加水。瓶子里的柳枝越长越好。

He knocked wooden fish and chanted the Buddhist scriptures in front of the Buddha every day.

他每天在佛前敲木鱼、念佛经。

He thought it was a free and comfortable place for him to live. How happy the little monk was!

他认为这是一个自在且舒适的地方。小和尚多么开心啊！

A few days later, a thin monk came to the temple. He was very thirsty. He drank a lot of water.

几天后，一个瘦和尚来到寺庙。他非常渴，喝了很多水。

The little monk told him to carry water. At first the thin monk went to carry water by himself.

小和尚让他去打水。起初，瘦和尚自己去打水。

But then he thought it was unfair, he should carry water together with the little monk.

但后来他觉得不公平，他应该和小和尚一起去打水。

So the two monks went to get water together. They could carry only one bucket of water at a time. And to make it fair, each of them must place the bucket in the center of the pole.

于是两个和尚一起去打水。他们每次只能抬一桶水。为了公平起见，他们两人都必须把水桶放在扁担的中央。

Anyway, they had water to drink.

不管怎么说，他们有水喝。

Later, a fat monk came. It’s very hot that day, the fat monk felt extremely thirsty. He told the two monks to get some water for him. But they asked him to get by himself.

后来，来了一位胖和尚。天很热，胖和尚觉得口渴极了。他告诉两个和尚给他拿点水来喝。但他们让他自己去打水。

No one wanted to carry water anymore, and the three monks had no water to drink.

三个和尚都不愿意去打水，他们没水喝了。

One night, a rat came out to steal the lamp oil. Unfortunately, the lamp fell down and set the curtains on fire. After a while, the whole temple was in fire.

一天晚上，一只老鼠出来偷灯油吃。不幸的是，灯倒了，把帘子点着了。不一会儿，整个寺庙都着火了。

But there wasn’t any water in the tank. The three monks ran to get water in a hurry. After a long time, they finally put out the fire.

但水缸里没水，三个和尚急忙跑去打水。过了很久，他们终于把火扑灭了。

From then on, they took turns to carry water, the tank was full every day.

从此，他们轮流打水，水缸每天都满满的。

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