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A short story a<\/em>bout an older cat teaching a younger cat a lesson as they fish together.
Easy Chinese Reading: Chinese Childrens StoriesThe most interesting thing you’ll learn here is the co<\/em>ntrast between the two phrases “\u4e09\u5fc3\u4e8c\u610f” and “\u4e00\u5fc3\u4e00\u610f”. The first, \u4e09\u5fc3\u4e8c\u610f, literally translates as “three hearts two intentions”, and it means to be of two minds a<\/em>bout something, or to be a bit scatterbrained while doing something. The second, \u4e00\u5fc3\u4e00\u610f, translates into “one heart one intention”, which means “intently”, or to really co<\/em>ncentrate on what you’re doing.
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\u873b\u8713 – q\u012bng tíng – Dragonfly
\u8774\u8776- hú dié – Butterfly
\u4e0d\u5927\u4e00\u4f1a\u513f – bù dà y\u012b huì er – Not long after
\u8001\u732b\u548c\u5c0f\u732b\u4e00\u5757\u513f\u5728\u6cb3\u8fb9\u9493\u9c7c\u3002
\u4e00\u53ea\u873b\u8713\u98de\u6765\u4e86\u3002\u5c0f\u732b\u770b\u89c1\u4e86\uff0c\u653e\u4e0b\u9493\u9c7c\u7aff\uff0c\u5c31\u53bb\u6349\u873b\u8713\u3002\u873b\u8713\u98de\u8d70\u4e86\uff0c\u5c0f\u732b\u6ca1\u6349\u7740\uff0c\u7a7a\u7740\u624b\u56de\u5230\u6cb3\u8fb9\u6765\u3002\u5c0f\u732b\u4e00\u770b\uff0c\u8001\u732b\u9493\u7740\u4e86\u4e00\u6761\u5927\u9c7c\u3002
\u4e00\u53ea\u8774\u8776\u98de\u6765\u4e86\u3002\u5c0f\u732b\u770b\u89c1\u4e86\uff0c\u653e\u4e0b\u9493\u9c7c\u7aff\uff0c\u53c8\u53bb\u6349\u8774\u8776\u3002\u8774\u8776\u98de\u8d70\u4e86\uff0c\u5c0f\u732b\u53c8\u6ca1\u6349\u7740\uff0c\u7a7a\u7740\u624b\u56de\u5230\u6cb3\u8fb9\u6765\u3002\u5c0f\u732b\u4e00\u770b\uff0c\u8001\u732b\u53c8\u9493\u7740\u4e86\u4e00\u6761\u5927\u9c7c\u3002
\u5c0f\u732b\u8bf4: “\u771f\u6c14\u4eba\uff0c\u6211\u600e\u4e48\u4e00\u6761\u5c0f\u9c7c\u4e5f\u9493\u4e0d\u7740\uff1f”
\u8001\u732b\u770b\u4e86\u770b\u5c0f\u732b\uff0c\u8bf4: “\u9493\u9c7c\u5c31\u9493\u9c7c\uff0c\u4e0d\u8981\u8fd9\u4e48\u4e09\u5fc3\u4e8c\u610f\u7684\u3002\u4e00\u4f1a\u513f\u6349\u873b\u8713\uff0c\u4e00\u4f1a\u513f\u6349\u8774\u8776\uff0c\u600e\u4e48\u80fd\u9493\u7740\u9c7c\u5462\uff1f”
\u5c0f\u732b\u542c\u4e86\u8001\u732b\u7684\u8bdd\uff0c\u5c31\u4e00\u5fc3\u4e00\u610f\u5730\u9493\u9c7c\u3002
\u873b\u8713\u53c8\u98de\u6765\u4e86\uff0c\u8774\u8776\u53c8\u98de\u6765\u4e86\uff0c\u5c0f\u732b\u5c31\u8c61\u6ca1\u770b\u89c1\u4e00\u6837\u3002\u4e0d\u5927\u4e00\u4f1a\u513f\uff0c\u5c0f\u732b\u4e5f\u9493\u7740\u4e86\u4e00\u6761\u5927\u9c7c\u3002
 
Old Cat and Little Cat were fishing together on the riverbank.
A drago<\/em>nfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole, and tried to grab the dragonfly. The drago<\/em>nfly flew away, and the little cat, unable to grab it, stopped trying and went back to fishing on the riverbank. As soon as Little Cat was back [lit: as soon as little cat looked], Old Cat caught a big fish.
[This time] a butterfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole and again tried to catch it. The butterfly flew away without the little cat having caught it, and Little Cat again went back to the riverbank. As soon as he looked over at Old Cat, Old Cat had caught another big fish.
Little Cat said: “How annoying, why is it that I haven’t caught even one little fish?”
Old Cat looked him over and said: “If you’re fishing just fish, don’t be in two minds a<\/em>bout it. If you spend a while catching dragonflies, then you spend another while catching butterflies, how can you catch fish?”
Little Cat listened to Old Cat’s words and begin to fish intently.
The drago<\/em>nfly flew over again, and the butterfly flew over also, but it was as if Little Cat didn’t see them. Not long after that, Little Cat caught a big fish.
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