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狐假虎威TheFoxandtheTigerOnceuponatime,therewasadenseforest.Themostpowerfulanimlintheforestwasthetiger.Otheranimalswereafraidofhim.Thenafoxcameup.Whenthetigersawthedeliciousfood,herushedoverandcaughtthefox.Thefoxwasterrified.Hehadanideasuddenlyandcalledout,"Tiger!DoyouknowwhoIam?Howdareyoueatme?"Thetigerwasstunnedandasked,"Whycan't

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eatyou?""Godappointedmetomanageallkndsofanimals.Ifyoueatme,Godwillpunishyou!"saidthefox,raisinghischin.Thetigerwashoodwinked,releasedhispawsandasked,"HowcanIknowifwhatyousaidistrue?"Thefoxturmedhiseyesandsaid,"Iwilltakeyoutotheforesttowalk,thenyouwillknowmyprestige."Thefoxdeliberatelywalkedinfrontofthetiger,buthedarednotbetoofarawayfromthetiger.Heswaggeredandpretendedtobehighlyspirited.Whentheanimalsintheforestsawthefoxcoming,theywerejustabouttoaskhimtoplaywiththem.Butwhentheysawabigtigerbehindthefox.allheanimalsbigandsmall,wereveryscaredandranaway.Thetigersawtheescapinganimalsandthoughttheywerereallyscaredawaybythefox.Finally,thetigerletthefoxgoandsaid,"Idarenoteatyou.Goawayquicky?"Thefoxletouta

deepbreathandtookafewsteps.Afterstayingfar

enoughfromthetiger,heranawayquickly.Later,thetigersawthefoxplayingwithothersmallanimals.Theywerenotscaredawaybythefox.Knowingthathehadbeencheated,thetigersaidangrily,"Cunningfox,youwaitandsee!"百鳥朝鳳BirdsPlayingHomagetothePhoenixOnceuponatime,inaforest,therewasabigtree.Everyday,thebirds

flewtothistreetoshowtheirbeautynoisily.Eachbirdthoughtshewasthemostbeautiful."Whatbeautifulfeatherstheyhave!"

ThePhoenixwasaveryinconspicuousbird.Shewasbiggerthananyotherbird.Butthecolorofherfeatherswasdarkerthanthatofotherbirds.ThePhoenixwasnotbeautiful,butshewasveryindustrious.Shelewaroundallday,storingfoodinsidetheholeofhertree.ThefoodwasenoughforthePhoenixtoeatforawholeyear,butshestillwentoutearlyandcamebacklatetoworkeveryday.Sheflewtotheeastandwest.lookingfornuts.grassseedlandplantseeds,andcrriedthembackbitbybittothetreehole.Unconsciously,thefoodinthetreeholehadbeen

enoughforthePhoenixtoeatforthreeyears.ThePhoenixalsocouldn'tfindfoodforseveraldays,to.Althoughshewasnotinshortoffod,shewasveryworriedaboutotherbirdsAtthistime,itwasnorainintheforestforalongtime.Thebirdscouldn'tfindfoodformanydays,sotheywerehungry.Thebeautifullittlebirdsweresohungrythattheyhadnostrengthtocompetitivebeauty.ThePhoenixsaidtoeveryone,""Thereisalotoffoodinmytreehole.Let'stideoverthedifficultiestogether!"Thesunstillscorchedtheforest,andalltheplant

withered,butthebirdsneverstarvedagain.TheycametothePhoenix'streeholeeveryday,sharedthePhoenix'sfood,andsangaroundthePhoenix.InordertothankthePhoenixforsavingtheirlives,allthebirdschosethemostbeautifulfeatherfromthemselvesandmadeadressforthePhoenix.

Thiswasa-hundred-birdfeatherdress.Puttingonthisdress,thePhoenixthenbecamethemostbeautifulbirdintheforest.Sincethen,everyyearthisday,birdsinalldirectionswouldflytothetre