要求：
1. 用传统的故事情节；
2. 结尾要求提炼故事的含义：谦虚使人进步，骄傲使人落后。 (Modesty helps one to make progress. Conceit makes one lag behind. )

The Rabbit-Tortoise Race

Have you heard of any legends about the moon? They are really interesting. 

Most Chinese know the story of Chang'e and her flight to the moon. But they may not know there is also a Jade Rabbit(玉兔) in the moon. Here is one of the (story). 

Three fairies(仙子) turned (they) into poor old women and asked a fox, a monkey, and a rabbit for food. Both the fox . the monkey gave some food to them. But the rabbit had nothing (give) them. The rabbit thought they were so (hunger), so it jumped into a fire to give its own flesh(肉). The fairies were very thankful, so they (send) the rabbit to live in the Moon Palace beside the beautiful and lonely Chang'e.

Chinese people often talk about Chang'e"the woman in the moon". In (west) countries, people talk about "the man in the moon". The man in the moon is old man with some sticks on his back. Sometimes he carries a lantern a little dog beside him.

Wisdom(智慧) won't come by itself

A young prince had just recently become King. Therefore, he gathered all the wise men from his kingdom and abroad and ordered them to look for books for him to read and learn from. Five years passed quickly. The wise men returned with their camels, carrying 5, 000books full of wisdom. Seeing so many books, the king was so shocked that he didn't know how to start. Another five years passed. The wise men again went to see the king, this time bringing 500 books, but the king still thought there were too many. 

At this time, the king was troubled with many problems, but he still felt there were too many books. 

During the next few years, the wise men worked hard to condense(精简) the 50 books into one book and presented it to the king. More problems broke out in his kingdom——his enemies endlessly(无休止地)attacked and diseases affected his people. He did not have the wisdom to solve these problems. Finally, the king was killed by a ruler in the neighbor country. 

Waiting for wisdom to come to you is a way of being lazy. Only if we set out to find out wisdom can we make a difference. 

People have told stories about Robin Hood for over 700 years. Nobody knows if he was a real person or an invented character. In the legends, Robin was extremely smart and humorous; he helped strangers, and later his kindness paid off. 

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood was about a young man, who was good at archery(射箭术). One day he was walking through Sherwood Forest, a royal hunting forest near Nottingham in England. There he got into trouble with a group of men. Among them, he killed the cousin of the Sheriff(郡长) of Nottingham. Robin became a legendary(大名鼎鼎的)outlaw, and soon the leader of more than one hundred outlaws, known as his"Merry Men".

Robin and his"Merry Men"always looked for rich people and asked them to their camp in Sherwood Forest. When they arrived, Robin gave them a good meal and played music for them. Then he took their gold away to help the poor. Robin became most famous for"robbing from the rich and giving to the poor".

The Sheriff of Nottingham was Robin's greatest enemy. He was cruel and treated the poor badly. It was his job to keep the woods safe and to make sure that nobody stole the king's deer. He hated Robin because Robin was an outlaw. But most of all, he hated Robin because everyone else loved him. The Sheriff of Nottingham kept trying to catch Robin Hood and his "Merry Men", but never succeeded.

① Isn't it amazing how you can hear or read a story a hundred times and yet when you hear it again you learn something new? That happened to me recently when I reread the story below. 

② In the Middle Ages, a man traveled to a city where they were building a new church in the square. He saw many people working on the great new building. He walked up to a strong man cutting rock and asked him what he was doing. "I am a stone mason(石匠), " the man said. "I spend all my days cutting and shaping stones. "

③Th e traveler then walked over to a man sawing(锯) a beam high above him and called out the same question to him. "I am a carpenter(木匠), "the man called back. "I spend my days cutting and hammering(锤)wood. ④ Finally, the man walked into the church. Deep inside the church walls, thè traveler saw an old woman sweeping the floor while she was singing happily to herself. He asked her what she was doing. "I am building a great church, " she said.

⑤I always read that story with a smile on my face. I saw it as a lesson in taking pride in your work and seeing the value in your job. But this time I felt something deeper in my heart. My mind cleared and I saw there was an even deeper meaning to this story. It wasn't only about how you feel about your job but also about how you live your life. Each one of our lives here is a church. Each choice we make is a stone we lay. Each act of kindness we do is a beam we hammer into place. Each moment of love we create builds it up higher and more beautiful. 

This is a story about two wise men—Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu. The Chinese people tell the story for many years. 

One day, Zhou Yu gave Zhuge Liang an impossible task. He asked him to make 100, 000 arrows in ten days. "No problem, " Zhuge Liang said. "I'll bring you 100, 000 arrows in three days. "

Zhuge Liang asked his soldiers to fill 20 large boats with many straw men. On the early morning of the third day, he asked the soldiers to sail the boats to the camps of Cao Cao's army on the other side of the river.  ▲ 

When Cao Cao's soldiers heard the sounds, they thought they were under attack. However, they could not see through the thick fog on the river. Cao Cao ordered his soldiers to shoot towards the sounds of the drums and the shouting. Zhuge Liang's boats were soon full of arrows. 

Zhuge Liang's soldiers then turned the boats around and shouted, "Thank you for your arrows, Cao Cao. "Zhuge Liang took all these arrows to Zhou Yu. There were more than 100, 000 of them.

Below you'll find some stories and their main ideas. Use these good stories to improve your family life. They'll help your children to be better kids. 

One beautiful summer morning, a farmer went to check his animal traps. In one trap, he1 a beautiful eagle. At first, he thought that he would kill the eagle and2 it. 

But then he thought to3 , "This is a beautiful and4 bird. It often catches rabbits and mice that eat my crops on my land. I'll let it5 . "

He opened the trap, and the eagle spread its wings and fle w6 into the blue sky. 

The eagle was very thankful to be7 again. It still chose to live on the farmer's8 and catch mice and rabbits. 

Later that summer, the farmer9 a wall. It was high and made of large stones. Suddenly, the wall started to fall, 10 the farmer did not notice. 

The eagle, flying above, saw that the farmer was in11 . It flew down and took the farmer's hat off his12 . The farmer stood up and shouted, "Hey! Bring that back!"

13 the eagle flew a short distance, it dropped the hat. The angry farmer14 his hat and walked back. He saw that the stone wall had fallen. The farmer smiled and thought, "The eagle repaid me15 I needed help. As the saying goes, ‘One good turn deserves(值得)another. '"

An elephant and a monkey were arguing.

 "Look, how big and strong I am！" the elephant said.

The monkey disagreed, "Look, how fast I can run and climb! Can you？"

At last they asked a wise tiger, "Which is better—to be strong or to be quick？"

The tiger said, "Go across the river and pick the fruit on that tree for me, then I can tell. "

So they went to the river, but the water ran fast and the monkey was afraid.

"Get on my back，" said the elephant proudly. "I shall carry you. "

Soon they crossed the river. There stood the tree. But the fruit was too high for the elephant to reach. He also tried to pull the tree down, but failed. "Don't worry. " The monkey climbed quickly up the tree, and picked the fruit.

Then they returned and gave the tiger the fruit. "Which is better—to be strong or to be quick？"

The tiger smiled, "Neither of you could get the fruit alone. It took both the elephant's strength and the monkey's quickness to get it. "