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很久以前,有三只小猪和猪爸爸猪妈妈生活在一起。慢慢地,他们长大了,是时候搬出去自己住了。每个人都要自己修房子自己住。猪大哥买了很多草,他想修一个草房,因为他觉得草房修起来最简单。两天以后,他的草房就修好了,猪大哥很高兴,热情地请两个弟弟和父母来看新房子。猪妈妈担心地说:“现在天气很好,住草房当然没问题,可是如果下雨,那怎么办呢?” 猪大哥说:“ 不要担心太多,等下雨了以后再说吧!” 大家回家了。猪二哥打算修木房子,然后他搬了很多木头回家。木房子比草房子难修一点,所以猪二哥用了五天时间才修好房子。当大家来看他的新家时,他说:“你们看,我修得又快又好!” 但是猪小弟说:“ 哥哥,我还是觉得木头房子不安全。” 猪二哥生气地说:“ 你懂什么?我的房子就是好!” 猪小弟没有再说话。第二天,他买了砖和水泥,他觉得自己不能心急,为了以后生活得舒服,现在就不能怕麻烦。他每天七点起床,工作到晚上八点。猪大哥和猪二哥每天一起玩儿,经过猪小弟的时候,他们不但不帮他,还笑他自找麻烦。可是猪小弟不听他们的话,还是认真地修房子。一个月过去了,猪小弟的房子修好了。大家来看房子,妈妈非常开心,觉得这个房子又宽又安全,冬天不会感到冷,夏天也不会感到热,是三个房子中最好的。但是猪小弟因为太累了,都瘦了很多,两个哥哥又笑他太笨了,不会做简单的事,还要去做难的事。
有一天,来了一只狼,它很饿,大叫说想吃猪肉。大家都跑回家关了门。可是狼轻轻一吹,猪大哥的草房就倒了。猪大哥跑去了猪二哥家,可是狼轻轻一推,猪二哥的木房也倒了。两个哥哥只能跑去弟弟家。他们进了家,还是吓得不轻。猪小弟对他们说:“ 两位哥哥别担心,我家的房子很安全,狼怎么都进不来。” 狼在外面用力地推房子,可是房子一点儿也不动。就这样,狼活活地被饿死了。
Top-Down Words
久 jiǔ - (of time) long
爸爸 bàba - dad, father
搬 bān - to move
修 xiū - to build; to repair
砖 zhuàn - brick
水泥 shuǐní - cement
心急 xīnjí - anxious; hurried
舒服 shūfu - comfortable
麻烦 máfan - annoying; annoyance; trouble
修 xiū - to build; to repair
瘦 shòu - skinny, thin
笨 bèn - dumb
狼 láng - the wolf
吹 chuī - to blow
草房 cǎofáng - grass hut
倒 dǎo - fall; topple; collapse
木房 mùfáng - wooden house
位 wèi - MW for people (respectful)
房子 fángzi - house
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