There is a short article "The Ax and the Fur Coat" in middle school. It is said that it was in the textbook in 1962. It is very memorable and I often think about it, just like reading a good book, it will be remembered for a lifetime...
Text: Once upon a time, Old Man Dong had two sons, one was an older brother with a blue nose, and the other was a younger brother with a red nose. One day, the two brothers were running around in the empty fields and in the dense woods.
Red-nosed said: "Brother Blue-nosed, let's go find someone, freeze him and show off our skills, okay?" Blue-nosed replied: "Yes, we should show off our skills. Brother Red-nosed, let's go to the road Go, there might be someone there." The brothers started running. They were hopping on one foot, hopping on that foot, and just hopping. They ran very fast, the pine and cypress trees making a whirring sound. They heard the sound of the big bell ringing on this side, getting closer and closer, and the sound of the small bell ringing on the other side, getting closer and closer. As the big bell rang, a wealthy businessman rode a new carriage to the city. As the little bell rang, a poor farmer drove a broken carriage into the woods. Red Nose said: "I'll follow that farmer. I'll freeze him in no time. His cotton-padded jacket is torn, and his hat is also torn. You go and follow that businessman. He's wearing this bearskin hat and a torn hat." I can't deal with him with his fox fur coat and wolf fur boots." Blue Nose smiled and said, "Okay, let's do it." They yelled and ran away separately. In the evening, the two of them met again in the empty fields. The blue-nosed brother was smiling and clapping his hands. The red-nosed brother frowned and sighed. Red Nose asked: "How is it? Brother Blue Nose, did you freeze that businessman?" Blue Nose replied: "Yes. He almost froze to death, so I let him go." Red Nose was very surprised. Said: "How did you freeze him? He was wearing a bearskin hat and a fox fur coat and wolfskin boots!" Blue Nose smiled and said, "As soon as I got to him, I got into his fur hat and got in. His fur coat got into his leather boots. He didn't jump out of the car to stamp his feet or rub his hands. He just wrapped the fur coat tightly around his body. I kept going in until I reached his In the bones.And you? How did you deal with that farmer? "Red Nose replied: "I can't deal with that person. I wanted to freeze him on the road, but he cherished his horse and ran behind it instead of riding in the carriage. He was running so hard, how could I freeze him? I thought, OK, let’s talk about it when we get to the woods. You’ll be surprised if it doesn’t freeze at that time. But it's even worse in the woods. He raised his ax and started chopping firewood, and sawdust kept flying to me. "The more he chopped, the warmer he became, as if he didn't even know that I was still in the world. He took off his shabby cotton-padded jacket and hat, put them on the snow, and started chopping firewood again. I thought, this time it's OK, look. Mine! I jumped on him, drilled into his nostrils, and drilled into his ears, but he was not afraid at all. If there was no other way, I would only get into his cotton-padded jacket and his hat. I I thought, as long as he puts on his cotton-padded jacket and puts his hat on his head, he will know how terrible my red nose is." But after he chopped the firewood, he picked up a piece of firewood and slapped it on his worn-out cotton-padded jacket. snow. Hit, hit, hit harder and harder, until I almost couldn't run away. My waist still hurts now. Blue Nose shook his head and said, "Brother, you are still young and you don't know much yet." Follow me for a while and you'll know that an ax is much warmer than a fur coat. ”😜😜