英語故事30字：TheMonkeyKingandtheWaterDemon

1、英語故事 30 字： The Monkey King and the Water Demon AttentivenessOnce upon a time ， far away in a deep forest， therewas a nation of 80，000 monkeys. They had a king who was unusually large ， as big as a fawn. He was not only big inbody ， he was also large in mind '，. Ahfte rwaalls the godhisatta Enlig

2、htenment Being.One day， he advised his monkey nation by saying， Mysubjects， there are poisonous fruits in this deep forest，and ponds possessed by demons. So if you see any unusual fruit or unknown pond ， do not eat or drink until you ask me first. close attention to their wise king ， all the monkeys

3、 agreed to follow his advice.Later on， they came to an unknown pond. Even though they were all tired out and thirsty from searching for food ， no one would drink without first asking the monkey king. So they sat in the trees and on the ground around the pond.When he arrived， the monkey king asked th

4、em， “ Did anyone drink the water? They replied， “No， your majesty，we followed your instructions. He said， “ Well done. Then he walked along the ba，nk around the pond.He examined the footprints of the animals that had gone into the water ， and saw that none came out again! So herealized this pond mus

5、t be possessedby a water demon. He said to the 80， 000 monkeys， “ This pond is possessed bya water demon. Do not anybody go into it.After a little while ， the water demon saw that none of the monkeys went into the water to drink. So he rose out of the middle of the pond， taking the shape of afrighte

6、ning monster. He had a big blue belly， a white face with bulging green eyes， and red claws and feet. He said， Why are you just sitting around? Come into the pond and drink at once!The monkey king said to the horrible monster ， “ Are you the water demon whoowns this pond?，“ YI easm ， said he.Do you e

7、at whoever goes into the water?askedthe king.，“ YI edso，“he answere，dincluding even birds.I eat them all. Andwhen you are forced by your thirst to come into the pond and drink ， I will enjoy eating you， the biggest monkey， most of all! He gr，innaendd saliva dripped down his hairy chin.But the monkey

8、 king with the well trained mind remained calm. He said ， “ I will not let you eat me or a single one of my followers. And yet ， we will drink all the water we want! The water demon gru，nte“d Impossible! How will you do that? monkey king replied ， “ Each one of the 8，0000 of us will drink using bamb

9、oo shoots as straws. And you will not be able to touch us!Of course， anyone who has seen bamboo knows there is a difficulty. Bamboo grows in sections， one after another， with a knot between each one. Any one sectionis too small， so the demon could grab the monkey， pull him under and gobble him up. B

10、ut the knots make itimpossible to sip through more than one section.The monkey king was very special， and that is why so many followed him. In the past， he had practiced goodness and trained his mind with such effort and attention， thathe had developed very fine qualities of mind. This is why he was

11、 said to be largein mind ，' not because he simply had a big brain '.The Enlightenment Being was able to keep these fine qualities in his mind ， and produce a very unlikely event a miracle. First， he took a young bamboo shoot， blew through it to make the knots disappear ， and used it to sip water from the pond. Then， amazing as it may sound ， he waved his hand and all the bamboo growing around that one pond lost their knots. They became a new kind ofbamboo.Then， all his 80 ， 000 followers picked bamboo shoots and easily drank their fill from the pond. The