经典儿童英语寓言故事:守财奴和他的金子

编者按：《守财奴和他的金子》是一篇经典儿童英语寓言故事，讲述了一个财主爱钱的事情，有一天他的金子被偷走了别人。

Once upon a time there was a miser. He hid his gold under a tree. Every week he used to dig it up.

One night a robber stole all the gold. When themiser came again, he found nothing but an empty hole.

He was surprised, and then burst into tears. All the neighbors gathered around him.

He told them how he used to come and visit his gold.

"Did you你在ever take any of it out?" asked one of them. "No," he said,"I only came to look at it."

"Then come again and look at the hole," said the neighbor, "it will be the same as looking at the gold."

once upon a time：曾经

hid[hɪd]：隐藏

dig[dɪɡ]：挖

robber['rɑbɚ]：强盗

burst[bɝst]：爆发

从前，有一个守财奴。他把金子藏在树下，每周都要挖出来看看。

一天晚上，一个强盗偷走了所有的金子。当他再次来的时候，除了一个空洞，什么也没找到。

他很惊讶，然后哭了起来。所有的邻居都聚过来了，问他怎么回事。

于是，守财奴告诉邻居们他是如何每周都来看他的金子的。

“你有把金子取出来过吗?”一个邻居问道。“不，”他说，“我只是来看看。”

“那就每天来看看这个洞吧，”邻居说，“这跟看金子一样。”

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