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Harry is too lazy. Although he has nothing to do except drive goats out to eat grass every day, when he comes home from a day's work at night, he still sighs a lot. "What a tiring job it is," he would say. "What a terrible burden, driving that goat to the fields every day year after year until Michael's Day! If only I could lie down and take a nap while she was nursing! But no, I have to keep my eyes open, or she will hurt the young tree, or squeeze through the hedge into someone else's garden, or even run away together. What kind of life is that? Not at ease, not relaxed. " He sat down and collected his thoughts, trying to figure out a way to unload the burden on his back. For a long time, all his ideas were in vain, and then suddenly, he seemed to understand. "I know what I will do!" He said loudly. "I will marry fat Katie; She also has a goat, so she can take mine out with hers, so I don't have to wear myself in the shadow like this. "

So Harry stood up, moved his tired limbs and walked straight across the street, because it was not far from where Fat Katie's parents lived. There, he proposed to their hardworking and kind daughter. Her parents didn't stop to think about it for the second time. They said, "Like it is a good match," and they agreed. So now Fat Katie is Harry's wife, driving two goats out to eat grass. Harry spent his days very happily, and nothing needs to be recovered more than his own idleness. He only goes out with her once in a while and says, "I just do this so that I can enjoy my rest more;" Otherwise you will lose all appreciation of it. "

But Fat Katie is no more idle than Harry. "Dear Harry," she said one day, "why should we unnecessarily make our life miserable like this and waste the best time of our youth? Anyway, the bleating of those two goats woke up our best early sleep: wouldn't it be better to give them all to our neighbor in exchange for getting a beehive from him? We will put the beehive in the sunny place behind the house and let it take care of itself. Bees don't need to be looked after, and they don't need to be taken out to eat grass: they will fly out and find their own way home to make honey, and we don't have to lift a finger. " "You are a very wise girl," Harry replied. "We will do as you suggest at once. In addition, honey tastes better than goat's milk, is more beneficial to the body, and can be preserved for a longer time. "

Neighbors willingly gave them a beehive in exchange for their two goats. Bees fly tirelessly from morning till night, filling their hives with the best honey.

In this way, in autumn, Harry can collect a whole can.

They put the jar on a shelf fixed on the wall of the bed; Worried that someone might steal it or mice might get it, Katie took a sturdy hazel pole and put it beside the bed, so that she wouldn't unnecessarily motivate herself, but reached for it and drove away any unwelcome visitors without getting up.

Lazy Harry doesn't like getting up before noon: "If you get up too early, you will die soon," he would say. So one morning, he was still lazily lying in the feather pile, and had a long sleep. He wanted to have a good rest. He said to his wife, "Women like sweets, and you are eating honey again; I think our best plan is to exchange it for a goose and a little male goose before it is eaten up by you. " "But until we have a child to take care of them!" Fat Katie replied. "Don't you think I will want to spend my strength unnecessarily with young goslings?" "Do you think," said Harry, "that this boy can look after geese? Nowadays, children no longer do as required, but do as they please, because they think they are smarter than their parents, just like the farm worker who was sent to lead the cow and started chasing three blackbirds. " "Well," Katie replied, "if he doesn't do as I say, this man had better be careful. I'm going to give him a good beating and tan his skin. Look at me, Harry! " She shouted excitedly and grabbed the stick she used to drive away the mice. "Look, I'll shoot his ass off!" " She lifted the stick, but unfortunately it hit the honey pot above the bed. The jar hit the wall and smashed to pieces, and all the honey flowed all over the floor. "Well, that's enough about the mother goose and the little male goose," said Harry. "We don't have to worry about them now. But the jar didn't hit me on the head, a little lucky; We have every reason to be satisfied with our destiny. " Seeing that there was some honey left in a fragment, he reached out and picked it up. He said happily, "Wife, let's enjoy what is left, and then have a rest after we are frightened. What does it matter if we get up later than usual? A day is long enough. " "Oh, yes," Katie replied, "better late than never. Do you know the story of the snail who was invited to the wedding? It set off and arrived there in time for the baptism. Just outside the house, it fell from the top of the fence and said to itself, "haste makes waste." "

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Lazy Harry

Haley is a lazy person. He does nothing but drive goats to eat grass every day. In this way, at night.

After a day's work, I always sigh and say, "This is really tiring work. What a heavy burden. Year after year, until Michael's time, goats had to be driven into the wild. If only I could lie down and sleep while the goats are eating grass! But I can't. I still have to keep my eyes open. Don't let the goat hurt the young tree, don't let the goat get into the tree fence and go to other people's yard, or don't run away. What kind of life is this? You can't be quiet or relaxed for a moment. " He sat down to meditate on how to get rid of the heavy burden. He racked his brains for a long time, but he still couldn't think of a good way. Suddenly, he seemed to have an epiphany and shouted, "I know what to do." I want to marry fat Katia. She also has a goat, so she can drive my goat away together. Then I won't have to work so hard. "

So Harry got up, moved his lazy body and crossed the road. Fat Katia's parents live not far from here. He told them that he would marry hard-working and kind Katia. Fat Katia's father didn't think much and said, "Fish find fish, shrimp find shrimp." They agreed to this request. In this way, chubby Katia became Harry's wife and drove two goats to eat grass. Haley has a good time every day, without any fatigue, just resting her lazy bones. Sometimes, he goes out with his wife to herd sheep. He said, "Only in this way will I feel at ease. Otherwise, there is no feeling of rest. "

However, Katia is lazier. One day, she said, "Dear Haley, why do we have to suffer so much every day?" ? Why waste our best youth in vain? Why don't we baa two goats that disturb our sleep every morning and exchange a box of bees with our neighbors? If we put a box of bees in the sun behind the house, we don't need to look after it. Bees don't need us to observe, let alone raise them in the wild. Bees will fly out by themselves and then fly back to make honey, so we don't have to bother. "Hailey replied," you are a smart woman. We'll do as you say right away. Moreover, honey is better than goat's milk, which is good for health and convenient for long-term storage. "

The neighbor happily traded a box of bees for two goats. Bees, from morning till night, fly in and out, diligent. The hive is full of the best honey, so in autumn, Harry harvested a jar full of bees.

The couple put this jar of honey on the partition on the bedroom wall. In order to prevent people from stealing or mice from eating, Katia found a strong hazel branch and put it on the bed. So they can get sticks without getting up, and they can drive away uninvited guests.

Harry, who has nothing to do, won't get up until noon. He said, "People who get up early die early." One morning, the sun had risen very high and Harry was still on the goose feather bed. He got enough rest after a long sleep. He said to his wife, "Women like sweets. You went to eat honey again. I think we must exchange honey for a big goose and a little goose, and then you can eat them all. " "But, have to wait until I gave birth to a goose child to buy. Don't make me worry about goslings? " Kaidiya said. Haley said, "Do you think all boys like to put geese? Children nowadays are not obedient. They always think they are smarter than their parents and always do what they like. Like the farm worker, he was sent to get the cow back, but he went after the three birds. " "No, he won't listen to me, so be careful." Katia replied, "I'm going to pick up my cane and give him a good beating." Look, Haley, "she shouted excitedly, picked up a stick to get rid of the mice, and added," Look how I break his ass! "It's too bad, she lifted the stick and bumped into the honey pot on the bed. The jar smashed into pieces when it hit the wall, and sweet honey dripped on the floor. " "Well, let's stop talking about geese," said Harry. "We don't need geese at all. Fortunately, the jar hit my head, and we have reason to say that we are lucky. Harry saw some honey on the broken jar, so he reached for it. He said happily, "hey, let's enjoy the rest." It's time to have a rest after such a big blow. We got up a little later than usual. What happened? The days are long. "Yes," Katia replied, "Better late than never. You know, there is a story about snails not being invited to the wedding. The snail set out and didn't arrive until the child born after marriage was baptized. The snail fell off the fence in front of the house and said to himself, "Haste makes waste." "

Three military doctors

There used to be three military doctors who thought they had nothing to learn about surgical art. They are traveling. Spend the night in an inn. The landlord asked them where they came from and where they were going, and they replied, "We are traveling and living by our skills." "Well, let me see what you do," said the landlord. The first man said he would cut off his hand and put it back the next morning to make it heal; The second said that he would cut out his heart and put it back the next morning, so that it would heal; The third said he would gouge out his eyes, and when he put them back the next morning, they would be fine. "If you can do this," said the landlord, "then you have nothing to learn." Now they carry an ointment with them, which can heal any wounds they apply. Wherever they go, they always carry a bottle with this ointment. So, as they said, they cut off their hands, hearts and eyes, put them on a plate and gave them to the landlord. The landlord gave it to a maid and told her to put it in the storage room and keep it carefully. But this maid secretly has a lover who is a soldier. So, the local owner, three surgeons and others in the house fell asleep, and the soldiers came and asked her for something to eat. So the girl opened the storeroom and took out something from it. She loved him so much that she forgot to close the door of the storeroom. She sat at the table with her sweetheart, and they chatted happily, but when she was sitting there carelessly, the cat sneaked in and found the storeroom door open. It took away the hands, hearts and eyes belonging to three surgeons and took them away. So, when the soldiers finished eating, the girl got up to clean up the dishes and lock the storage room, she immediately found that the plate given to her by the landlord was empty. She was frightened and said to her young man, "Oh, God help me, what should I do?" My hands are gone, my heart and eyes are gone, no matter what I will do tomorrow morning! " "Stop crying," he said. "I'll get you out. There is a thief hanging on the gallows outside, and I will cut off his hand; Which hand is it? " "Right hand." So the girl gave him a sharp knife. He went outside, cut off the poor sinner's right hand and brought it back. Then he grabbed the cat and gouged out its eyes; Now all we need is a heart. "Didn't you just kill some pigs and put their bodies in the cellar?" "Yes," said the girl, "Well, all right," said the soldier. He went to the cellar and brought back a pig heart. The maid put everything on a plate and put it in the storage room. Then her lover said goodbye to him, and she went to bed thinking that everything was all right.

The next morning, when three surgeons got up, they told the maid to bring them the plate with hands, heart and eyes. So she took it out of the cupboard. The first surgeon fixed the thief's hand and put ointment on the wound, so the hand immediately grew on his arm again. The second put the cat's eyes in his head, and the third put the pig's heart in it. The landlord stood there and looked at their technology admiringly, saying that he had never seen such a thing, and he would praise and recommend all of them. Then they paid the bill and continued their journey.

When they walked together, the man with a pig heart kept leaving the others; Every time they pass a corner, he will trot over and rummage in it like a pig. The other two men tried to pull him back by the corner of his clothes, but in vain, he continued to run to the dirtiest place on the ground. The second one also began to behave strangely. He rubbed his eyes and said to the other one, "My dear friend, what's wrong with me? These are not my eyes. I can't see anything. For God's sake, please help me, or I will fall down. " They struggled until the evening when they came to another inn. They all went into the living room. In a corner, a rich gentleman was sitting at the table counting money. The surgeon holding the thief's hand sidled around behind him, and his arm twitched a few times. Finally, when the gentleman turned around, he reached out and grabbed a handful from the pile of coins. Another man saw it and said, "My dear friend, what are you doing? Stealing is wrong, you should be ashamed. " "Yes, but I can't stop myself," said his friend. "My hand is twitching all the time, and I have to do it myself whether I like it or not." Then they went to bed. When they were lying in bed, it was so dark that you couldn't see your hand in front of them. Suddenly, the one with the cat's eye woke up, woke up the other mice and said, "My dear friends, look at this. Do you see these white mice running around?" The other two sat up from the bed, but they could see nothing. Then he said, "We have a problem: we didn't support our own part. The landlord cheated us and we must go back to him." So the next morning, they set out to tell the landlord that their right organ had not been returned to them: one of them had a thief's hand, the second had a cat's eye and the third had a pig's heart. The landlord said it must be the maid's fault and was going to call her, but when the girl saw the three surgeons coming back, she had already escaped from the back door and she never showed up again. Then the three of them told the landlord that unless he paid them a large sum of money, they would burn his house down; So he gave them all he had and what he could support, and they left with the money. It's enough for them to spend the rest of their lives, but they still want their organs back.

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Three military doctors

Once upon a time, there were three military doctors who thought they had learned medical skills. One night, they came to a hotel. The innkeeper asked them where they came from and where they were going. They replied, "We travel around with our own skills." "What skill do you have to open my eyes?" The innkeeper said. So, the first doctor said that his hand could be cut off and connected tomorrow morning. The second doctor said that his heart could be cut out and put back tomorrow morning. The third doctor said that he could gouge out his eyes and put them on tomorrow morning. "If that's the case," said the boss, "then your skills are really at home!" It turns out that all three military doctors have ointment. As long as they put it on, the wound will heal. They always carry small bottles full of drugs with them. As they spoke, they cut off their hands, hearts and eyes, put them on a plate and gave them to the innkeeper. The innkeeper gave the plate to the maid and told her to put it carefully in the cupboard. The maid fell in love with a soldier privately. At the innkeeper's, there are three of them. The soldier came. He asked her for some food. So the maid opened the cupboard and gave him some food. She was so affectionate to him that she forgot to close the cupboard door. She sat by the bed chatting with her lover, leaving everything in the world behind, but just then, the cat sneaked in and saw the cupboard door open, so she picked up the hands and hearts of three military doctors. What should I do? The hand is gone! My heart and eyes are gone! How can I make a job tomorrow morning? "The soldier said," Don't worry! I will try my best to help you. There is a thief hanging from the gallows outside. I'll cut off his hand. Which hand? " "Right hand!" Say, the maid gave the soldier a sharp kitchen knife. The soldier went out and cut off the poor prisoner's right hand and gave it to the maid. Then they caught the cat and gouged out its eyes. Now all they need is a heart. "Didn't you just kill some pigs and put the pork in the basement? ""well, yes! " The maid said, "that's great!" " The soldier said, went to the basement and brought up the pig heart. The maid put these three things together on a plate and sent them to the cupboard. Her lover said goodbye and left, and the maid went to bed at ease.

The next morning, three military doctors got up and asked the maid to bring the plates with hands, hearts and eyes. The maid opened the cupboard and took out bubbles. The first military doctor connected the thief's hand, applied ointment, and soon grew on his arm. The second doctor put the cat's eye in the eye socket. The third doctor put the pig's heart in his chest. The innkeeper stood beside them, admiring their high-power skills and saying that he was.

The three military doctors walked again and again, but the pig-hearted military doctor never went with the other two. Run to the corner and sniff around like a pig. The other two pulled his clothes anyway, which didn't help at all He always breaks free and runs to the dirtiest place. The second military doctor's behavior is also very strange. He rubbed his eyes and said to another doctor, "How about that? These are not my eyes! Why can't I see anything? Someone help me, don't let me trip! " In this way, the three of them trudged forward. In the evening, they walked into another hotel. As soon as they entered the hall, they saw a rich man sitting at a table in the corner counting money. The thief's military doctor walked past the rich man and moved his arms a few times. Just as the rich man turned around, he reached into the pile of money and grabbed a lot of money. Another military doctor saw it and said, you can't steal it! Shame on you! "The doctor who pretended to be a thief said, Alas! I can't help myself. Heart doesn't want to steal, hand doesn't listen. I have to rob the money! "Later, they slept. When they lie down, it's dark and they can't see their fingers. But Dr. Cat's Eye suddenly woke up and called the two doctors up: "Look, man! There are many mice running around there, see? " The other two medics got up and looked, but they saw nothing. Doctor Cat's Eye said, "We have all changed! The innkeeper didn't give us back our hands, hearts and eyes! We have to go back and ask him for it! He lied to us! "The next morning, the three of them got up to find the hotel owner who stayed for the first time and said that they didn't get their hands, hearts and eyes. One got the thief's hand, one got the cat's eye and one got the pig's heart. The boss said it must be the maid's fault and called her. But when the girl saw the three of them coming back, she had already fled through the back door and never came back. Or set fire to the house The boss took out the cash and the money he could collect and let them take it away. Although the money is enough for them to use for a lifetime, they would rather get their hands, hearts and eyes back!

English proverbs and maxims

It is better to ask for directions than to get lost.

Asking for directions is better than getting lost.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Drip wears away the stone.

A drop of water can pierce a stone, but a rope can saw wood.

Content is better than wealth.

Content is better than wealth.

Every man has his hobbyhorse.

Every man has his hobbyhorse.

Every Potter praised the hit clay pot.

Every Potter praises his pot.

If you don't advance, you will retreat.

If you don't advance, you will retreat.

A promise is a debt.

A promise is a promise.

Rome was not built in a day.

Rome was not built in a day.

The ending makes everyone equal.

The ending makes everyone equal.