成語(yǔ)典故英文版(簡(jiǎn)潔的成語(yǔ)故事(英文版))
1.簡(jiǎn)潔的成語(yǔ)故事(英文版)
A man from the State of Zheng bought shoes)Once upon a time , a man in the State of Zheng went to the market to buy a pair of shoes. Before he left for the market, he had measured his feet with a piece me straw. However , he couldn't find the measurement because he had left it at home . So he had to say sorry to the owner that he had to go home for it, which confused the owner why he didn't try the shoes on with his own feet . The man smiled to the owner , " I would rather believe in the measuremens than my own feet."。
2.成語(yǔ)故事 英文版
掩耳盜鈴Plugging One's Ears While Stealing a Bell 春秋時(shí)侯，晉國貴族智伯滅掉了范氏。
有人趁機跑到范氏家里想偷點(diǎn)東西，看見(jiàn)院子里吊著(zhù)一口大鐘。鐘是用上等青銅鑄成的，造型和圖案都很精美。
小偷心里高興極了，想把這口精美的大鐘背回自已家去。可是鐘又大又重，怎么也挪不動(dòng)。
他想來(lái)想去，只有一個(gè)辦法，那就是把鐘敲碎，然后再分別搬回家。 小偷找來(lái)一把大大錘，拼命朝鐘砸去，咣的一聲巨響，把他嚇了一大跳。
小偷著(zhù)慌，心想這下糟了，這種聲不就等于是告訴人們我正在這里偷鐘嗎？他心里一急，身子一下子撲到了鐘上，張開(kāi)雙臂想捂住鐘聲，可鐘聲又怎么捂得住呢！鐘聲依然悠悠地傳向遠方。 他越聽(tīng)越害怕，不同自由地抽回雙手，使勁捂住自已的耳朵。
“咦，鐘聲變小了，聽(tīng)不見(jiàn)了！”小偷高興起來(lái)，“妙極了！把耳朵捂住不住就聽(tīng)不進(jìn)鐘聲了嗎！”他立刻找來(lái)兩個(gè)布團，把耳朵塞住，心想，這下誰(shuí)也聽(tīng)不見(jiàn)鐘聲了。于是就放手砸起鐘來(lái)，一下一下，鐘聲響亮地傳到很遠的地方。
人們聽(tīng)到鐘聲蜂擁而至把小偷捉住了。 故事出自《呂氏春秋?自知》“掩耳盜鐘”被說(shuō)成“掩耳盜鈴”，比喻愚蠢自欺的掩飾行為。
Plugging One's Ears While Stealing a Bell During the Spring and Autumn period,Zhi Bo of the State of Jin destroyed Fan's family.Taking advantage of this occasion,a man went to Fan's house and tried to steal something.As soon as the man entered the gate,he saw that there hung a big bell in the courtyard.The bell was cast in high-quality bronza,and was beautiful in design and shape.The theif was very glad,and decided to carry this beautiful bell back home.But no matter how hard he tried,he could not move the bell,because the bell was both big and heavy.He thought and thought again,and believed there was only one way to solve the problem.He had to break the bell to pieces before he was able to carry them back to his home separately. The thief found a big iron hammer,with which he struck the bell with all his might.The striking produced an enormous crashing sound,which might.The striking produced an enormous crashing sound,which made the thief terribly frightened.The thief got flurried,thinking that it was too bad to have produced the crashiing sound which would himself on the bell,trying to muffle the crashing sound with his arms.But how could the crashing sound of the bell be muffled?The crashing sound still kept drifting melodiously to distant places.The more he listened to the sound,the more frightened hw became.He xubconsciously shrank back,and covered his ears hard with his hands."Hey,the sound becomes fainter,inaudible,"the thief became cheerful at once," wonderful!The sound of the bell can not be heard when the ears are covered."He immediately got some odd bits of cloth,made two rolls with them,and had his ears plugged with the two cloth rolls.He thought that in this way nobody could hear the sound of the bell.Feeling relieved,he began striking the bell,one blow after another.The resounding sound of the bell was heard at distant places,and finally people caught the thief by gracing the sound. This story comes from"Knowing Yourself" in The Annals by Buwei,written just before the Qin Dynasty(221-207 B.C.)was founded.Allegedly,when Li Yuan,Emperor Gao Zu of the Tang Dynasty(618-907),read this story,he felt it simply ridiculous and said,"This is what is called plugging one's ears while stealing a bell." Later,people have used the set phrase "plugging one's ears while stealing a bell" to refer to the ignorance and foolishness of the person who deceives himself as well as others.。
3.急需幾篇英語(yǔ)成語(yǔ)故事!要中英對照!
掩耳盜鈴Plugging One's Ears While Stealing a Bell 春秋時(shí)侯，晉國貴族智伯滅掉了范氏。
有人趁機跑到范氏家里想偷點(diǎn)東西，看見(jiàn)院子里吊著(zhù)一口大鐘。鐘是用上等青銅鑄成的，造型和圖案都很精美。
小偷心里高興極了，想把這口精美的大鐘背回自已家去。可是鐘又大又重，怎么也挪不動(dòng)。
他想來(lái)想去，只有一個(gè)辦法，那就是把鐘敲碎，然后再分別搬回家。 小偷找來(lái)一把大大錘，拼命朝鐘砸去，咣的一聲巨響，把他嚇了一大跳。
小偷著(zhù)慌，心想這下糟了，這種聲不就等于是告訴人們我正在這里偷鐘嗎？他心里一急，身子一下子撲到了鐘上，張開(kāi)雙臂想捂住鐘聲，可鐘聲又怎么捂得住呢！鐘聲依然悠悠地傳向遠方。 他越聽(tīng)越害怕，不同自由地抽回雙手，使勁捂住自已的耳朵。
“咦，鐘聲變小了，聽(tīng)不見(jiàn)了！”小偷高興起來(lái)，“妙極了！把耳朵捂住不住就聽(tīng)不進(jìn)鐘聲了嗎！”他立刻找來(lái)兩個(gè)布團，把耳朵塞住，心想，這下誰(shuí)也聽(tīng)不見(jiàn)鐘聲了。于是就放手砸起鐘來(lái)，一下一下，鐘聲響亮地傳到很遠的地方。
人們聽(tīng)到鐘聲蜂擁而至把小偷捉住了。 故事出自《呂氏春秋·自知》“掩耳盜鐘”被說(shuō)成“掩耳盜鈴”，比喻愚蠢自欺的掩飾行為。
Plugging One's Ears While Stealing a Bell During the Spring and Autumn period,Zhi Bo of the State of Jin destroyed Fan's family.Taking advantage of this occasion,a man went to Fan's house and tried to steal something.As soon as the man entered the gate,he saw that there hung a big bell in the courtyard.The bell was cast in high-quality bronza,and was beautiful in design and shape.The theif was very glad,and decided to carry this beautiful bell back home.But no matter how hard he tried,he could not move the bell,because the bell was both big and heavy.He thought and thought again,and believed there was only one way to solve the problem.He had to break the bell to pieces before he was able to carry them back to his home separately. The thief found a big iron hammer,with which he struck the bell with all his might.The striking produced an enormous crashing sound,which might.The striking produced an enormous crashing sound,which made the thief terribly frightened.The thief got flurried,thinking that it was too bad to have produced the crashiing sound which would himself on the bell,trying to muffle the crashing sound with his arms.But how could the crashing sound of the bell be muffled?The crashing sound still kept drifting melodiously to distant places.The more he listened to the sound,the more frightened hw became.He xubconsciously shrank back,and covered his ears hard with his hands."Hey,the sound becomes fainter,inaudible,"the thief became cheerful at once," wonderful!The sound of the bell can not be heard when the ears are covered."He immediately got some odd bits of cloth,made two rolls with them,and had his ears plugged with the two cloth rolls.He thought that in this way nobody could hear the sound of the bell.Feeling relieved,he began striking the bell,one blow after another.The resounding sound of the bell was heard at distant places,and finally people caught the thief by gracing the sound. This story comes from"Knowing Yourself" in The Annals by Buwei,written just before the Qin Dynasty(221-207 B.C.)was founded.Allegedly,when Li Yuan,Emperor Gao Zu of the Tang Dynasty(618-907),read this story,he felt it simply ridiculous and said,"This is what is called plugging one's ears while stealing a bell." Later,people have used the set phrase "plugging one's ears while stealing a bell" to refer to the ignorance and foolishness of the person who deceives himself as well as others.。
4.英語(yǔ)版中國成語(yǔ)故事
江郎才盡 Southern Dynasties of Jiang Yan, word Wen-tung, when he was young, became a Dingdingyouming writer, his poems and articles at the time received high acclaims. However, when he is getting older, he has not previously written an article good, but a lot of setbacks. His poems written in prosaic; and pick up a pen-yin grip for a long time, still can not write a word, the occasional inspiration came; poem written, but the textual Kuse, content, plain were completely useless. So some people to legend, once a boat parked in Chan Jiang Yan-Ling Monastery river and dream of a self-named Zhang Jingyang person; to his followers repay a silk, he would arrest a few feet from her, he is also silk. Thus, his article there will be no wonderful. It was also legend; once the rule of Jiang Yan in the booth sleeping too; dreamed that a person claiming to Guo Pu, walked over to his side, his claim to the pen, said to him: "Man Michie, I have a pen in your place has been a long time, and now should be able to give it to me the bar! "Jiang Yan heard, they dig out from his arms, he is also a five-color pen. Reportedly Since then, Jiang Yan on Evans exhausted and could not write the article in any good. Jiang Yan's talent has not really run out, but he was an officer after the one hand, as the Chief busy, on the other hand also because of career proud of, without their own write, to sweat, they did not write the. Over time, the article will bring out less, lacking in talent. (Excerpt from "Practical Writing" 1995 No. 8 "I hope," Jiang "was not exactly") 南朝的江淹，字文通，他年輕的時(shí)候，就成為一個(gè)鼎鼎有名的文學(xué)家，他的詩(shī)和文章在當時(shí)獲得極高的評價(jià)。
可是，當他年紀漸漸大了以后，他的文章不但沒(méi)有以前寫(xiě)得好了，而且退步不少。他的詩(shī)寫(xiě)出來(lái)平淡無(wú)奇；而且提筆吟握好久，依舊寫(xiě)不出一個(gè)字來(lái)，偶爾靈感來(lái)了；詩(shī)寫(xiě)出來(lái)了，但文句枯澀，內容 平淡得一無(wú)可取。
于是就有人傳說(shuō)，有一次江淹乘船停在禪靈寺的河邊，夢(mèng)見(jiàn)一 個(gè)自稱(chēng)叫張景陽(yáng)的人；向他討還一匹綢緞，他就從懷中拘出幾尺綢緞還他。因此，他的文章以后便不精彩了。
又有人傳說(shuō)；有一次江淹在冶亭中睡午覺(jué)；夢(mèng)見(jiàn)一個(gè)自稱(chēng)郭璞 的人，走到他的身邊，向他索筆，對他說(shuō)：“文通兄，我有一支筆在你那兒已經(jīng)很久了，現在應該可以還給我了吧！” 江淹聽(tīng)了，就順手從懷里取出一支五色筆來(lái)還他。據說(shuō)從此以后，江淹就文思枯竭，再也寫(xiě)不出什么好的文章了。
其實(shí)并不是江淹的才華已經(jīng)用完了，而是他當官以后，一方面由于政務(wù)繁忙，另一方面也由于仕途得意，無(wú)需自己動(dòng)筆，勞心費力，就不再動(dòng)筆了。久而久之，文章自然會(huì )逐漸遜色，缺乏才氣。
（節選自《應用寫(xiě)作》1995年第8期《但愿“江郎”才不盡》）。
5.英語(yǔ)成語(yǔ)故事帶翻譯
Sweat is HuoGuang, emperor han commander-in-chief of TuoGu ministers, drinking eight years of emperor han style-came kisen, ruling pomp very heavy. HuoGuang nearby have a call YangChang people, act is timid, popular with HuoGuang recognition, rose to prime minister position, seal for anping syndrome. Actually, YangChang humanness cowardly incompetence, timid, not when the prime minister of the material. 74 B.C., was only twenty one-year-old han emperor died.both in WeiYangGong kisen, with all the princes HuoGuang counsel, chose the emperor's grandson made WangLiuHe nearbu heir. Behold LiuHe ascended the mid-north song and dance, often pleasure-resorts. HuoGuang heard later, anxieties, and bike ride general ZhangAn births, TianYanNian secret counsel, on to nullify LiuHe, set up other Yin jun. After TianYanNian HuoGuangPa goading agreed to jointly YangChang, tell gun. YangChang all of a sudden, she was scared to sweat, panic, just something indistinctly fence. YangChang wife, is TaiShiGong sima qian's daughter, quite have the guts. She saw her husband shilly-shally appearance, secretly worried, while TianYanNian change clothes walk away, infero-anterior advised her husband and said, "National affairs, will shilly-shally. General has ChengYi, you should also chosin reservoir, otherwise inevitable difficult ahead." YangChang step back and forth in the house, but had no acid attention. Just at this time TianYanNian back, SiMaFu people avoid inferior, straight-tempered without embarrassment and TianYanNian meet, told TianYanNian, her husband willing to listen to the general's command. TianYanNian after listening pleased to take leave walk. TianYanNian returns HuoGuang, HuoGuang very satisfied. YangChang brought all the princes immediately arrange table, playing please dowager. The next day, YangChang advice, ernie see luang nearbu king unbearable successin statement of reason. Queen letter removed immediately LiuHe, another sign of emperor of the once SunLiu enquiry for jun, was said han XuanDi.Idioms citations, han shu YangChang biography of our afraid, not words. Jia sweated back ACTS yes just.Idioms interpretations ", "Jia drenched, sweating much soaked backbone. Describe sweat. Also describe extreme fear or ashamed excessive.汗流浹背 漢大將軍霍光，是漢武帝的托孤重臣，輔佐八歲即位的漢昭帝執政，威勢很重。
霍光身邊有個(gè)叫楊敞的人，行事謹小慎微，頗受霍光賞識，升至丞相職位，封為安平候。其實(shí)，楊敞為人懦弱無(wú)能，膽小怕事，根本不是當丞相的材料。
公元前74年，年僅廿一歲的漢昭帝駕崩于未央宮，霍光與眾臣商議，選了漢武帝的孫子昌邑王劉賀作繼承人。誰(shuí)知劉賀繼位后，經(jīng)常宴飲歌舞，尋歡作樂(lè )。
霍光聽(tīng)說(shuō)后，憂(yōu)心忡忡，與車(chē)騎將軍張安世、大司馬田延年秘密商議，打算廢掉劉賀，另立賢君。計議商定后，霍光派田延年告訴楊敞、以便共同行事。
楊敞一聽(tīng)，頓時(shí)嚇得汗流浹背，驚恐萬(wàn)分，只是含含糊糊，不置可否。楊敞的妻子，是太史公司馬遷的女兒，頗有膽識。
她見(jiàn)丈夫猶豫不決的樣子，暗暗著(zhù)急，趁田延年更衣走開(kāi)時(shí)，上前勸丈夫說(shuō)；“國家大事，豈能猶豫不決。大將軍已有成議，你也應當速戰速決，否則必然太難臨頭。”
楊敞在房里來(lái)回酸步，卻拿不定注意。正巧此時(shí)田延年回來(lái)，司馬夫人回避不及，索性大大方方地與田延年相見(jiàn)，告知田延年，她丈夫愿意聽(tīng)從大將軍的吩咐。
田延年聽(tīng)了后高興地告辭走了。田延年回報霍光，霍光十分滿(mǎn)意，馬上安排楊敞領(lǐng)眾臣上表，奏請皇太后。
第二天，楊敞與群臣遏見(jiàn)皇太后，陳述昌邑王不堪繼承王位的原因。太后立即下詔廢去劉賀，另立漢武帝的曾孫劉詢(xún)?yōu)榫贩Q(chēng)漢宣帝。
成語(yǔ)出處《漢書(shū)·楊敞傳》敝驚懼，不知所言。汗出浹背徒唯唯而已。
成語(yǔ)釋義“浹”，濕透，出汗多，濕透脊梁。形容滿(mǎn)身大汗。
也形容極度惶恐或慚愧過(guò)度。
6.英文成語(yǔ)故事——掩耳盜鈴
耳盜鈴 -Ostrich Logic (Yan Er Dao Ling)
At the time when Fan, a nobleman of the state of Jin, became a fugitive, a commoner found a bell and wanted to carry it off on his back. But the bell was too big for him. When he tried to knock it into pieces with a hammer there was a loud clanging sound. He was afraid that someone will hear the noise and take the bell from him, so he immediately stopped his own ears.
To worry about other people hearing the noise is understandable, but to worry about himself hearing the noise (as if stopping his own ears would prevent other people from hearing) is absurd.
7.英語(yǔ)的成語(yǔ)故事
畫(huà)蛇添足 An official of the ancient State of Chu awarded a pot of wine to his men after the ceremony of Spring Sacrifice. One man said, “We have only one pot of wine. It's not enough for all of us but sufficient for one. Let's determine who'll have the wine by drawing a snake on the ground. He who finishes first will have the wine.” The others agreed. Very soon, one man finished his snake. He was about to drink the wine when he saw the others were still busy drawing. He said complacently,“How slowly you are! I still have enough time to add feet to my snke.” But before he finished the feet, another man finished his snke and grabbed the pot from him, saying,“Whoever has seen a snake with feet? Yours is not a snke. So the wine should be mine!” He drank the wine. The man adding the feet to the snake had to give in and could only regret his foolishness. 楚國有一個(gè)官員，在春天祭過(guò)了祖宗之后，便將一壺酒賞給他的辦事人員喝。
有人提議：“我們只有一壺酒，肯定不夠我們大家喝的，一個(gè)人喝倒是綽綽有余。我們每人在地上畫(huà)一條蛇，誰(shuí)畫(huà)得最快，就把這壺酒給他。”
大家都同意了。 有一個(gè)人很快就把蛇畫(huà)好了。
他正打算喝這壺酒時(shí)，看見(jiàn)別人都還忙著(zhù)畫(huà)呢。他就得意揚揚地說(shuō)：“你們畫(huà)得好慢呀，等我再畫(huà)上幾只腳吧！” 他的蛇腳還沒(méi)畫(huà)完，另一個(gè)人已經(jīng)把蛇畫(huà)好了。
那人把酒壺奪了過(guò)去說(shuō)：“有誰(shuí)見(jiàn)過(guò)長(cháng)腳的蛇？你畫(huà)的不是蛇，這壺酒應該是我的了。”說(shuō)罷，就喝起酒來(lái)。
那個(gè)給蛇畫(huà)腳的人沒(méi)辦法，只能懊悔自己的愚蠢。一鳴驚人 In the Warring States Period, Duke Wei of Qi neglected state affairs, for the first three years of his reign, giving himself over to dissipation. One of his ministers, Chun Yukun who had a good sense of humour, said to him: 'There is a big bird which has neither taken wing nor sung for three years.' The duke answered, 'Once that bird starts to fly and sing, it will astonish the world.' The duke thereupon devoted himself to his duties and built his state up into a powerful one. 戰國時(shí)代，齊威王即位后做了三年國君，只顧享樂(lè )，不理政事。
有個(gè)善于說(shuō)笑話(huà)的人叫淳于髡，一天對齊威王說(shuō)：“城里有一只大鳥(niǎo)，三年不飛也不叫，你知道這是什么道理？”齊威王說(shuō)：“這鳥(niǎo)不飛則罷，一飛就沖天；不鳴則罷，一鳴就驚人。”在淳于髡的激發(fā)下，齊威王開(kāi)始治理國家，取得很大成績(jì)，齊國的聲威一直保持了幾十年。
杞人憂(yōu)天 In the Spring and Autumn Period, in the State of Qi there was a man who always let his imagination run away with him. One day he even worried that the sky would fall on his head. He was so worried that he could neither eat nor sleep. Later, someone persuaded him that his fears were Ground-less. 春秋時(shí)代，杞國有一個(gè)喜歡胡思亂想的人。一天，他竟然想到，天會(huì )塌下來(lái)，地會(huì )陷下去，自己到哪里去安身？這個(gè)人越想越害怕，整天愁眉苦臉，坐立不安，白天吃不下飯，晚上睡不著(zhù)覺(jué)。
后來(lái)有人耐心地開(kāi)到他，他才放下了心。精衛填海 Once upon a time, the youngest daughter of Emperor Yan, legendary ruler of primitive China, went boating on the Eastern Sea. While she was enjoying herself, a strong wind rose on the sea and her boat capsized. Just before she was buried by the surging waves, her spirit turned into a beautiful bird. As it flew over the roaring sea, it cried sadly in the sound "jinwei, jingwei". That was why people called it "Jingwei". The bird lived on a mountain near the sea. It hated the sea so much that it decided to fill it up. Every day, it flew to and fro between the mountain and the sea, carrying in a twig or a pebble from the mountain and dropping it into the sea. One day, the roaring sea said to Jingwei, "Poor little bird, stop doing that meaningless thing! You'll never fill me up." Jingwei replied, "I'll fill you up no doubt! I will, even if it'll take me thousands of years! I'll fight on until doomsday!" The brave little bird kept carrying twigs and pebbles from the mountain to the Eastern Sea without taking a rest. From this fable comes the idiom "The bird Jingwei trying to fill the sea". We use it to describe people who are firm and indomitable and will not stop until they reach their goal. 從前，炎帝（傳說(shuō)中中國原始社會(huì )的統治者）的小女兒在東海上劃船。
正當她劃得高興時(shí)，海面上突然升起一陣大風(fēng)，把她的小船弄翻了。就在她要被洶涌的波浪吞 沒(méi)時(shí)，她的靈魂變成了一只美麗的小鳥(niǎo)。
它飛過(guò)那咆哮的海面，傷心的叫著(zhù)"精衛，精衛"的聲音。所以人們就叫她"精衛"。
精衛鳥(niǎo)住在靠海的一座山上。它非常恨大海，所以決心要把它填平。
它每天來(lái)回于山海之間，把從山上銜來(lái)的小樹(shù)枝和小石子扔在大海里。 一天，咆哮的大海對精衛說(shuō)："可憐的小鳥(niǎo)，停止你那無(wú)謂的舉動(dòng)吧！你是永遠都填不平我的。
" 精衛回答說(shuō)："我當然會(huì )把。
8.英語(yǔ)版中國成語(yǔ)故事帶翻譯,短一點(diǎn)
塞翁失馬Blessing or Bane
戰國時(shí)期，靠近北部邊城，住著(zhù)一個(gè)老人，名叫塞翁。塞翁養了許多馬，一天，他的馬群中忽然有一匹走失了。鄰居們聽(tīng)說(shuō)這件事，跑來(lái)安慰，勸他不必太著(zhù)急，年齡大了，多注意身體。塞翁見(jiàn)有人勸慰，笑了笑說(shuō)：“丟了一匹馬損失不大，沒(méi)準會(huì )帶來(lái)什么福氣呢。”
鄰居聽(tīng)了塞翁的話(huà)，心里覺(jué)得很好笑。馬丟了，明明是件壞事，他卻認為也許是好事，顯然是自我安慰而已。過(guò)了幾天，丟失的馬不僅自動(dòng)返回家，還帶回一匹匈奴的駿馬。
鄰居聽(tīng)說(shuō)了，對塞翁的預見(jiàn)非常佩服，向塞翁道賀說(shuō)：“還是您有遠見(jiàn)，馬不僅沒(méi)有丟，還帶回一匹好馬，真是福氣呀。”
塞翁聽(tīng)了鄰人的祝賀，反而一點(diǎn)高興的樣子都沒(méi)有，憂(yōu)慮地說(shuō)：“白白得了一匹好馬，不一定是什么福氣，也許惹出什么麻煩來(lái)。”
鄰居們以為他故作姿態(tài)純屬老年人的狡猾。心里明明高興，有意不說(shuō)出來(lái)。
塞翁有個(gè)獨生子，非常喜歡騎馬。他發(fā)現帶回來(lái)的那匹馬顧盼生姿，身長(cháng)蹄大，嘶鳴嘹亮，膘悍神駿，一看就知道是匹好馬。他每天都騎馬出游，心中洋洋得意。
一天，他高興得有些過(guò)火，打馬飛奔，一個(gè)趔趄，從馬背上跌下來(lái)，摔斷了腿。鄰居聽(tīng)說(shuō)，紛紛來(lái)慰問(wèn)。
塞翁說(shuō)：“沒(méi)什么，腿摔斷了卻保住性命，或許是福氣呢。”鄰居們覺(jué)得他又在胡言亂語(yǔ)。他們想不出，摔斷腿會(huì )帶來(lái)什么福氣。
不久，匈奴兵大舉入侵，青年人被應征入伍，塞翁的兒子因為摔斷了腿，不能去當兵。入伍的青年都戰死了，唯有塞翁的兒子保全了性命。
Near China's northern borders lived a man well versed in the practices of Taoism. His horse, for no reason at all, got into the territory of the northern tribes. Everyone commiserated with him.
"Perhaps this will soon turn out to be a blessing," said his father.
After a few months, his animal came back, leading a fine horse from the north. Everyone congratulated him.
"Perhaps this will soon turn out to be a cause of misfortune," said his father.
Since he was well-off and kept good horses his son became fond of riding and eventually broke his thigh bone falling from a horse. Everyone commiserated with him.
"Perhaps this will soon turn out to be a blessing," said his father.
One year later, the northern tribes started a big invasion of the border regions. All able-bodied young men took up arms and fought against the invaders, and as a result, around the border nine out of ten men died. This man's son did not join in the fighting because he was crippled and so both the boy and his father survived.
