英语的小故事【最好带上两个问题】

英语的小故事【最好带上两个问题】
短一些的,急用!恩.最好也配上中文.好人一生平安~

perfect match 绝配
A rich woman is so proud of a valuable antique vase that she decides to have her bedroom painted the same colour as the vase.Several painters try to mix the colour right,but none comes close enough to satisfy the woman.
Eventually,a painter comes.He is confident that he can mix the proper colour.The woman is pleased with the result,and the painter becomes famous.Years later,he retires and turns the business over to his son."Dad,"asks the son,"there's something I've got to know.How did you get those walls to match the vase so perfectly?"
"Son,” the father replies,"I painted the vase."
一个有钱的妇人感到非常骄傲,因为她有一只值钱的古董花瓶,她决定把她的卧室漆成和花瓶一样的颜色.好几个油漆匠试图调出正确的颜色,但是没有一个人调出的颜色能让妇人满意.
最后,来了一个油漆匠.他很有信心可以调出合适的颜色.果然妇人对最终的效果感到满意,漆匠也因此成名.
几年后,漆匠退休了,他把生意交给了儿子.“爸爸,”儿子问,“有件事我想知道.你是如何调配出和花瓶一样的颜色的?” “儿子,”父亲回答,“我把花瓶也一起漆了.”
dog and its shadow 狗和它的影子
It happened that a dog had some meat that he wanted to eat at home.On his
way home he met a river.As he looked down,he saw his shadow in the water.
"Just look!"said he to himself."That dog down there has some meat,too.If I
could get it away from him,I would really eat well tonight!"
With this thought,he made a snap at the other dog's meat.And as he did,his
own meat fell into the water.So then he had nothing at all.
Then he saw that the other dog had lost his meat,too."That is as it should
be!thought he."For I saw him trying to take my meat away from me."
By wanting to have everything,he has lost everything he had!
碰巧狗有一些肉,他想回到家后再吃.回家的路上,他遇到了一条河.当他往河里看
时,在水里他看到了他的影子.
“看啊!”他对自己说,“下面的那只狗也有一些肉.如果我能从他那里把肉弄过来,
那我今晚就可以美餐一顿了!”
带着这个想法,他朝另一只狗的肉扑去.当他这么做时,他自己的肉掉进了水里.所以
他就什么都没有了.
然后,他看到另一只狗的肉也没了.“活该!”他想,“因为我看到他想从我这里抢走
我的肉.” 什么都想要,却失去了原来所拥有的!