片名：The Story of Chopsticks

来源：http://www.littlefoxkids.com

英文：
The Story of Chopsticks

Once upon a time,there was a town called Eating Utensils.
In addition to people,some dinnerware lived in the town.
There were bowls,cups,plates,serving platters,and so on.
But,the people did not know how to ues the dinnerware to eat their food.
One day,some new neighbors moved into town.
There were forks,knives,spoons,and chopsticks.
The pieces of dinnerware were really happy and went to welcome the new neighbors.
“Guys,welcome to our town!””Let’s live in peace!””Alright.
And let’s help each other.”So,they helped each other and became good friends.Everyone had a job to do.
The forks poked and moved food.
The knives cut up food.
The spoons scooped up and moved food.
But,the chopsticks couldn’t find a job that they could do.
They couldn’t do anything alone.They only interfered with the others’ work.
The other utensils began to ignore the chopsticks.
Soon,the chopsticks became sad.One day,all of the chopsticks gathered together to have a talk.
“Guys,we have to find a way to work.Why should we
be ignored by the others?”
“Because we are useless.”
“No,we can find a way to be useful.Let’s think.”
They thought about it for a few days.One chopsticks thought of an idea.He called all of the chopsticks together,again.
“Guys,I have a great idea.Let’s each get a partner.
Work in pairs.””Then,what do we do?”
“Cooperate and pick up the food together!”
The idea worked.They could pick up the food easily.
The chopsticks were happy,now.They went to the others and showed them what they could do.
“We can pick up food!””Say what?No way!”
“Don’t interrupt our work.Go away!”
“Wait!Look what we can do.”
The chopsticks showed them how they could pick up food by working in pairs.From that day on,the others’ attitudes changed.They became friendly towards the chopsticks.
“Hey,you guys are working hard!”
“Yeah!Now,we can be helpful to all of you.”
They all lived happily together ever after.
Chopsticks cooperate and work hard together.It’s very hard to work together in pairs,but chopsticks never give up.
They keep on working together.Isn’t that great?

译文：
筷子的故事

以前，有一个叫做餐具的城镇。
除了人们以外，一些正餐餐具居住在这座城镇。
有碗，杯子，盘子，大浅盘等等。
但是，人们不知道怎样用正餐餐具来吃食物。
一天，一些新邻居搬到了这个城镇。
他们是叉子，刀子，勺子和筷子。
正餐餐具非常高兴去欢迎
新邻居的到来。
“伙计们，欢迎来到我们的城镇！”
“让我们和平相处！”
“好的，让我们互相帮助。”于是，他们互相帮助成为了好朋友。每一个人都有工作做。
叉子叉和移动食物。
刀子切食物。
勺子舀起和移动食物。
但是，筷子找不到他们能够做的工作。
我们不能单独做任何事情。他们只能妨碍其他人的工作。
其他的用具开始忽视筷子。
很快，筷子变得忧伤的。一天，所有的筷子
聚集到一起讨论。
“伙计们，我们必须找到一种工作的方法。
为什么我们一定要被其他人忽视呢？”
“因为我们没有。”
“不，我们能找到一种有用的方法。
让我们想想。”
他们想了好几天。一个筷子想到了一个主意。
他把所有的筷子再次叫到一起。
“伙计们，我已经有好主意了。让我们每个人一个搭档。成双结对的工作。”
“那么，我们做什么？”
“合作一起夹起食物！”
这个主意实施了。他们能够容易地夹起食物。
现在，筷子们很高兴。他们到其他人那里显示他们能做的。
“我们能夹起食物！”“说什么？不可能！”
“不要打断我们的工作。走开！”
“等等！看我们能做什么。”
筷子向他们显示了他们怎样通过结对工作夹起食物。从那天起，其他人的态度改变了。
他们对筷子变得友善起来。
“嘿，你们正在努力工作！”
“是啊！现在，我们对你们所有人有帮助了。”
在此以后他们快活的住在一起。
筷子合作一起努力工作。结对工作是很困难的，
但是筷子从不放弃。他们坚持一起工作。
那样不是很棒吗？