完型填空 英语 Four beggars usually met an old shack at the end of

完型填空 英语 Four beggars usually met an old shack at the end of the day.One day,

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FOUR beggars (
乞丐
) usually met at an old shack (
小窝棚
) at the end of the day. One day,
they were very angry because none of them had got much in their begging bowls.



“I only got this piece of meat today,” the first said. “I hardly got anything,” the second said. “I

just picked up these few vegetables outside the fruit and vegetable store.” The third complained
that all he had been given was a handful of herbs (
香草
) that he couldn
’
t eat on his own. The
fourth beggar had not done much better, he
shouted angrily, “I only got this handful of old, dried
beans,

and they aren’t very nice!”





As they sat around the fire, one of them had a great idea, “Let’s put all our bits together and
boil them. In this way, we can make a delicious dish and share (
分享
)it.
”

They all agreed.




However, the first beggar thought, “I don’t want to share. I’ll just pretend to throw my meat
into the pot. They’ll never know and I’ll eat my meat later.” So he pretended to put the meat into
the pot. Now the same idea had also hit the other beggars and the shack was so dark that no one
could see what the others were doing.




Finally, one of them suggested that the dish should now be ready and, in turn, each of them
helped
himself
to
a
bowl.
They
drank
the
hot
water
in
absolute
(
绝对的
)
silence,
learning
that
selfishness (
自私
) doesn
’
t taste all that good