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1、大房子和大炉子Once upon a time a man had a big house， and in the house there was a big oven； but this man 's family was small only himself and his wife.When winter came， the man tried to keep his oven going all day ， so that the entire stock of his firewood was consumed in a month. Now ， with nothing t
2、o feed the fire ， it was cold in the house.Then the man began to break up his fences， and use the boards for fuel. When he had burnt up all of his fences ， the house， now without any protection against the wind ， was colder than ever， and still they had no firewood.Then the man began to tear down th
3、e ceiling of his house ， and burn that in the oven.A neighbour noticed that he was tearing down his ceiling ， and said to him ：“ Why， neighbour ， have you lost your mind pulling down your ceiling in winter ？ You and your wife will freeze to death！”But the man said ：“ No ， brother， you see I am pulli
4、ng down my ceiling so as to have something to heat my oven with. We have such a curious one； the more I heat it up ， the colder we are！”The neighbour laughed ， and said： “ Well ， then， after you have burnt up your ceiling ， then you will be tearing down your house. You won't have anywhere to liv
5、e； only the oven will be left ， and even that will be cold ！”“Well ， that is my misfortune ，” said the man.“ All my neighbours have firewood enough for all winter ； but I have already burnt up my fences and the ceiling of my house ， and have nothing left. ”The neighbour replied ：“ All you need is to
6、 have your oven rebuilt. ”But the man said ：“ I know well that you are jealous of my house and my oven because they are larger than yours， and so you advise me to rebuild it. ”So he turned a deaf ear to his neighbour' s advice， and burnt up his ceiling ， then his whole house， and in the end had
7、to go and live with strangers.从前，有个人拥有一幢大房子，里面有个大火炉。可他 家人口却很少只有他和他的妻子。冬天来了，这个人想尽办法不让炉子灭掉，于是一个月 就把他所有的柴禾全烧光了。现在，没什么可以烧的了，屋 子里很冷。于是，他开始拆篱笆，把木板当柴烧。当他烧完了篱笆， 房子没有了挡风的屏障，比以前更冷了。可他们仍然没有柴 烧。接下来，这个人开始拆房顶，放进炉子里烧。一个邻居看到他在拆房顶，对他说道：“哎呀，邻居，你疯了吗？大冬天拆房顶，你和你妻子 会冻死的！”可是，这个人说：“不，兄弟，我拆房顶是为了烧炉子。 我们的炉子真是怪，越烧越冷！ ”邻居笑道：“哦，那么，你烧完房顶就会拆房子了。那 时你就没地方住了，只剩下那只火炉，可连它也将会是冰冷 的！”“唉，这就是我的不幸，”这个人说，“所有的邻居都有 足够的柴火过冬，而我已经烧掉了篱笆和房顶，什么也不剩 了。”邻居回答道：“其实你只要重新建个炉子就行了。 ” 可是，这个人说：“我很清楚，你是嫉妒我的房子和炉 子，因为它们比你家的大，所以你才劝我重建个炉子。”结果，他把邻居的劝告当作耳边风，在烧掉房顶后，又把整个房子也给烧掉了。 最后，他只得背井离乡，流落异地