文房三宝

by Pedro Pablo Sacristán

翻译：寒星

文房三宝

by Pedro Pablo Sacristán

翻译：寒星

BOOK,iNK,AND FEATHER

兄弟同心，其利断金。有时若能找到合适的伙伴，并与伙伴一起努力，能达到比自己单干更好的效果。你身边有没有这样的“小伙伴”呢？

Once upon a time, in a small city, there was an empty storybook. The book looked great, but all its pages were1)blank. Passers-by would pick up the book with2)anticipation, and cast the book aside because there were no stories inside. Not far from there, a lovely inkpot had been full of ink for years. His owner had forgotten about him.

One time when the book was thrown away, he ended up next to the inkpot. They told each other stories about their bad luck. And they would do this for years, if an3)elegant swan feather did not float down and land next to them. The feather felt lonely and4)abandoned at the beginning. He cried, and the book and the inkpot joined in.

However, the feather was soon tired of crying, and he decided to improve the situation. He5)convinced the storybook and inkpot to write a story together. The storybook opened up his best pages, the inkpot didn’t6)spill even a drop, and the feather7)contributed great8)ingenuity and beautiful writing. Together they managed to write a story.

A teacher passed by, looking sad. He had a problem keeping his pupils’attention. He found the storybook, the inkpot and the feather and picked them up. After reading the book, he found the story charming. In class he told the story to his pupils, and they all loved it.

From then on, the three buddies wrote a new story for the young teacher everyday. They felt so happy and proud.

词组加油站

passer-by 过路人（复数：passers-by）

pick up 捡起，拾起

cast…aside 把……丢在一旁

end up 最后来到（某处）

foat down 飘落

be tired of 厌倦……

pass by 经过

1) blank [blæŋk] adj. 空白的

2) anticipation [æn,tɪsɪ'peɪʃn] n. 期待，盼望

3) elegant ['elɪgənt] adj. 优雅的

4) abandoned [ə'bændənd] adj. 被遗弃的

5) convince [kən'vɪns] v. 使信服，说服

6) spill [spɪl] v. 洒出，溢出

7) contribute [kən'trɪbjuːt] v. 贡献出

8) ingenuity [,ɪndʒɪ'njuːətɪ] n. 足智多谋，独出心裁

从前，在一座小城市里，有一本空白的故事书。那本故事书看起来很棒，可里面的书页却一片空白。路过的人会满怀期待地拿起故事书，却又因为里头没有任何故事而将书丢至一边。不远处，有一个好看的墨水瓶，里头的墨水多年来都是满的。可他的主人已经将他遗忘。

有一次，故事书再次被丢弃，掉在了墨水瓶的旁边。他们相互倾诉着彼此的不幸遭遇。如果那片优雅的天鹅羽毛没有飘落在他们旁边的话，他们大概会就这样一直唱下去。起初，羽毛感到很孤独，像被遗弃了一般。他哭了出来，于是故事书和墨水瓶也一起哭了起来。

然而，羽毛很快就厌倦了哭泣，他决定要改变这个处境。他说服故事书和墨水瓶一起写一个故事。故事书打开了自己最美好的书页，墨水瓶没有让哪怕是一滴墨水溅出，而羽毛则书写出了非常灵动且美好的字句。他们同心协力写下了一个故事。

一位教师路过这里，他看上去很忧伤。因为他没有办法吸引学生的注意力。随后，他发现了故事书、墨水瓶和羽毛，就随手将他们拿了起来。读完故事书后，教师发觉书中的故事非常吸引人。后来他在课堂上给学生们讲了这个故事，学生们都非常喜欢。

从那时起，这三兄弟每天都给年轻教师写下一个新故事。他们感到无比快乐且自豪。