小马过河 – 经典儿童故事

马妈妈让小马把一袋麦子送到河对岸的磨坊去。小马高高兴兴地出发了。可是走到河边，它停了下来：河水深不深呢？

松鼠跑过来说：“别过河！水很深，昨天我的朋友就差点儿被冲走了。”老牛却说：“水很浅，才到我的小腿。”小马不知道该听谁的，只好跑回家问妈妈。

马妈妈笑着说：“松鼠个子小，老牛个子大，对它们来说，河水当然不一样。你自己去试一试，就知道了。”

小马回到河边，小心地一步一步走进水里。原来，河水既不像老牛说的那么浅，也不像松鼠说的那么深。小马顺利地过了河，把麦子送到了磨坊。

道理 (Moral of the Story)

别人的话可以参考，但要自己动脑筋、亲自试一试。

English Summary

A little horse must cross a river to deliver wheat. A squirrel says the water is dangerously deep; an old ox says it’s shallow. His mother explains that depth depends on who’s crossing and tells him to try for himself. He finds it’s neither too deep nor too shallow. A beloved Chinese children’s story.

生词 (Vocabulary)

• 小马 (xiǎo mǎ) – pony
• 河 (hé) – river
• 松鼠 (sōngshǔ) – squirrel
• 老牛 (lǎo niú) – old ox
• 麦子 (màizi) – wheat
• 试 (shì) – to try

Image: Missvain / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

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