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Foolish monkeys
Long long ago, there was a very large and dark forest. A group of monkeys arrived at the forest. It was winter season, and the monkeys tried hard to survive(存活) the cold nights. They were hunting for fire to get warm.
One night, they saw a firefly(萤火虫) and thought it was fire. All the monkeys in the group shouted, "Fire! Fire! Fire! Yeah, we got fire!"
Some monkeys tried to catch the firefly but it escaped(逃走). They were sad as they could not catch the fire. They were talking to themselves that they couldn't live in the cold if they didn't get the fire.
The next night, again they saw many fireflies. After some attempts(尝试), the monkeys caught a few fireflies. They put the fireflies in a hole and tried to blow the fireflies.
They blew the fireflies very hard without knowing the fact that they were fireflies!
An owl was watching the monkeys. The owl reached the monkeys and told them, "Hey, those are not fire! They are fireflies. You won't be able to make fire from them!"
The monkeys laughed at the owl. One monkey said, "Hey, old owl, you don't know anything about how to make fire. Don't disturb(打扰) us!"
The owl warned(警告) the monkeys again and asked them to stop their foolish act. "Monkeys, you cannot make fire from the fireflies! Please hear my words."
The monkeys still tried to make fire from the fireflies.
The owl told them again to stop their foolish act. One monkey shouted at the owl and the owl left.
The monkeys were simply doing the foolish act for several(几个) hours and it was almost midnight. They were very tired and realized that the owl was correct and that they were trying to blow a firefly.
Finally, they went to a cave nearby and escaped from the cold.
理解
1. How many times did the owl warn the monkeys?
2. What can you learn from the story?
