外教读睡前故事 | Burial By Birds 鸟儿举行的葬礼

《Burial By Birds 鸟儿举行的葬礼》某一天，成群的鸟儿盘旋在一间木屋上面。每只鸟儿都衔着一小块土，把土朝木屋扔去。它们来来回回地飞着，直到把整间屋子完全埋起来——原来，它们在埋葬一位过世的老人。鸟儿和老人之间发生了什么故事？快到今天的故事里寻找答案吧。

怀有一颗善良的心，愿意帮助别人是一种非常珍贵的品质。故事的老人虽然一贫如洗，也没有做什么惊人的大事，但他一直尽力拯救被困的小动物，不求任何回报。这份真正的善良带来了这个近乎奇迹的葬礼。

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A lonely man lived by himself in a little hut.

一座小屋里，住着一个孤独的人。

His name was Sun Liang. He was dirt poor, but he was honest and kind.

他叫孙良。他一贫如洗，但是既诚实又善良。

He did odd jobs. His pay was very low.

他为别人打零工，得到的报酬很少。

Whenever he saw an animal in a trap, if he had any money, he would buy the animal and set it free in the forest.

然而每当他看到被抓起来的动物，只要他有钱，一定会买下来，放回到树林中。

In this way, he saved many animals, but he didn't save any money, so he was still very poor.

就这样，他救了很多动物，但是他没存下一点钱，一直很穷。

When he was too old to work, he had to beg for food to stay alive.

当他老得不能干活的时候，只好向别人乞讨来维持生活。

One day when he was over seventy years old, he was too weak to get up from his bed, and before long, he left this world.

他已经超过70岁了。有一天，他虚弱得再也不能从床上起来，不久后就离开了人世。

Sun Liang had no relatives and no friends. He was so poor that he didn't even have enough money for a coffin.

孙良没有亲戚朋友，甚至穷得连一副棺材也买不起。

And for Chinese people, the worst possible fate is to die and not get buried.

对中国人来说，世界上最悲惨的事莫过于死无葬身之地。

But there was nobody to look after him. His neighbors were almost as poor as he was.

但是没有人来照料他，邻居们也像他一样穷。

They didn't know he was dead, and even if they had, they certainly didn't have enough money to buy him a coffin and bury him.

没人知道孙良已经死了，即使知道，他们也没有钱去买一副棺材来埋葬他。

The morning after Sun Liang died, the neighbors were amazed to see the sky full of birds.

孙良死的那个早晨，邻居们惊奇地发现，空中飞满了鸟儿。

Thousands of birds came from all directions and flew into Sun Liang's hut.

成千上万的鸟儿从四面八方飞进孙良的小屋里。

The neighbors came to see what was wrong. They saw Sun lying dead on his bed.

他们进去看个究竟，发现孙良已经死在床上。

They thought the birds must have come to peck the flesh off his bones.

他们想，那些鸟儿一定是来啄食孙良的肉。

Then they saw that every bird brought a little soil in its beak, and dropped the soil on Sun's body.

接着他们看到，每只鸟的嘴里都衔着一小块土，还把土撒在孙良的尸体上。

They had come to show their gratitude by burying their savior!

它们竟是来埋葬恩人，以表达谢意的！

Thousands and thousands of birds came. They flew back and forth. Before noon, they had filled his whole hut with soil and turned it into a tomb for Sun Liang.

无数的鸟儿来来回回地飞着。不到中午，它们就把小屋埋了起来，变成了孙良的坟墓。

The neighbors were deeply touched when they saw this. From then on, they never caught another animal in a trap or a net.

邻居们被看到的景象深深感动了。从此以后，他们再也不用陷阱或网来诱捕动物了。

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