The Ants and the Grasshopper

One fine winter day some ants were working in the field. They were drying their food in the sun, and were very busy. Just then a grasshopper passed by. He was very hungry.
        “Good day, kind Ants,” said the grasshopper. “I am very hungry. Won’t you lend me a little food? I have nothing to eat. I will pay you before the next fall.” “Have you no food of your own? Why did you not gather any food during the summer? You know there was much food in the field last summer. What were you doing then?” asked an old ant.
        The grasshopper replied; “I was singing all day and night during the summer. And so I had no time to gather any food.  Please lend me some food.” “Well, then,” said the ant. “As you sang all the summer, you had better dance all the winter. You only played and did not work during the summer. We’ll never lend you any food.” And the ants went on working.

The Lion and the Mouse

Once a great lion was sleeping in a wood. A little mouse happened to come and ran over his face. The lion awoke and caught the little mouse in anger, and was going to kill her. “ Oh, dear kind Lion!” Said the little mouse. “ Please forgive me. I didn’t mean to do you any harm. Let me go. I shall return your kindness.“

        “ Ha, ha, ha,”  laughed the lion. “ How can a little thing like you help a great lion?“ “ Thank you very much, kind Lion! I hope I shall be able to do you a good return some day,”  said the little mouse.
        Some time after this, the lion was caught in a trap. Just then the little mouse came along. At once she ran up to the lion, and said, “ You were very kind to me once. Now I’ll save your life, and repay you the kindness which you showed me the other day.”  Soon she gnawed the ropes of the trap with her sharp teeth, and the lion was happy to be free again.
        “ Thank you, little Mouse!”  said the lion, and he walked away.

 千镜之屋

久以前的一个很远的小村庄里，有一个以“千镜屋“而著名的地方。一个乐观的小狗听说了这个地方并决定去参观。当来到这个地方，他蹦蹦跳欢恰快的上了台阶，来到房门口，他高高竖起耳朵，欢快地摇着尾巴，从门口往里张望，他惊奇地看到有1000只欢乐的小狗像他一样快的摇尾巴。他灿烂地微笑着，回报他的是1000张热情，友好的灿烂笑脸。离开时他心想：“这是一个精彩的地主，我一定要经常来参观。“
　　在这个村里还有另一只想参观“千镜屋“的小狗，他不及第一只小狗乐观，他慢吞吞地爬上台阶，然后耷拉着脑袋往屋子里看。一看到有1000只小狗不友好地盯着他，他便开始冲他们狂吠，镜中的1000只小狗也冲着他狂吠，把他给吓坏了，他在离开时心想：“这是一个恐怖的地方，我再也不会来了。“
　　 世界上所有的脸都是镜子，在你所遇见的人的脸上你看到反射出来的是什么?