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The frogs and the well

liǎng
zhī
qīng
wā
zhù
zài
zhǎo
zé


zài

gè
yán
rè
de
xià


zhǎo
zé
gàn
hé
le

yīn

tā
men
bù
dé
bù

kāi
qù
xún
zhǎo
xīn
de
shī
湿
dè


Two frogs lived together in a marsh. One hot summer the marsh dried up, so they had to leave it and look for another place.

tā
men
hěn
kuài
fā
xiàn

kǒu
shēn
jǐng


They soon found a deep well.


zhōng

zhī
xiàng
xià
kàn
le
kàn
duì
lìng

zhī
shuō


zhè
shì
gè
liáng
shuǎng
de
hǎo
dè
fāng

jìu
zhù
zhè

bā



One of them looked down and said to the other, "This is a nice cool place. Let's jump in and settle down here."

ér
lìng

zhī
jiào
míng
zhì

tā
shuō


bié
zhāo


péng
yǒu

rú
guǒ
zhè
kǒu
jǐng
yě
gàn
le
de
huà

wǒ
men
zěn
me
chū
lái
ne



The other frog was much wiser. He replied, "Don’t be so fast, my friend. If this well dries up like the marsh, how should we get out again?"

yù

fán
shì
yìng
gāi
shǒu
xiān
kǎo

zhōu
dào

rán
hòu
zài
fù
zhū
xíng
dòng


The fable tells us we need to take action before considerate inquirement.

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