鳥和老鼠

In the forest lived a lot of different animals. Most of the animals were good and kind. Some of the animals be- longed to a gang. The gang was led by Cat. The animals in the gang were lazy.They did not work and they took things from the other animals whenever they wanted to.

Bird and Mouse belonged to Cat's gang.Bird and Mouse were taking a walk in the forest and saw a cottage. They looked in the windows of the cottage. No one was there. They saw a basket of fruit on a table.

Bird and Mouse were so hungry that they stole into the cottage. They both wanted an apple. There was only one apple in the basket. They decided to take the apple and figure out how to divide it later. Bird and Mouse hid behind a big tree.

Bird said， \"Come on Mouse， now we must divide the apple.\"

\"Okay，\" said Mouse， \"I'm really hungry.\"

\"Me too，\" said Bird. \"How do you think we should divide the apple.\"

\"I know，\" said Mouse. \"I'll eat the apple and leave you the seeds. Birds eat seeds all the time anyway.\"

\"No way，\" said Bird. \"Then you would be getting more than me.\"

They argued and argued but Bird and Mouse could not agree on how to divide the apple. Finally they decided to take the apple to Cat and ask Cat to divide it for them. So they went to Cat's house and told Cat their problem. He agreed to help.

\"First I need a sharp knife and my scale.\" said Cat.

He went and got the knife and scale and put them on a big flat rock. Then he cut the apple into two pieces and weighed them.

\"Oh， oh the first piece weighs more than the second one. I'll just cut a small piece off the first one.\" Cat cut a small piece off the first one and popped it into his mouth. Then he weighed both pieces again. \"Now the second piece weighs more than the first piece，\" said Cat. \"So I'll have to cut a little off.\" He did and then he popped it into his mouth.

This happened over and over again. Each time Cat cut a piece of apple， he ate it. Soon there was only one small piece left of the apple. Cat shrugged his shoulders and gave the apple to Bird and Mouse. \"Sorry，\" said Cat， \"I'm too full to try and divide the apple anymore.\"

森林里住著各種各樣的動(dòng)物，大部分動(dòng)物都很善良。不過(guò)一些動(dòng)物成幫結(jié)伙，這個(gè)團(tuán)伙的首領(lǐng)是貓。這群動(dòng)物都很懶惰，從不勞動(dòng)，想要什么就從其他的動(dòng)物那里偷什么。

鳥和老鼠也是這個(gè)團(tuán)伙的成員。這天，他們?cè)谏掷锷⒉剑l(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)小屋，他們從窗戶往里看了看，發(fā)現(xiàn)屋里沒人，桌子上放著一籃水果。

鳥和老鼠肚子正餓，就悄悄地溜了進(jìn)了小屋。他們都想吃蘋果，可是籃子里只有一個(gè)蘋果。他們決定先拿走蘋果，再?zèng)Q定怎么分。他們躲在一棵大樹后面。

鳥說(shuō)：“來(lái)吧，老鼠，我們分蘋果吧。”

老鼠說(shuō)：“好吧，我真的餓壞了。”

鳥說(shuō)：“我也很餓，那你說(shuō)咱們?cè)撛趺捶帜兀俊?/p>

老鼠說(shuō)：“我知道該怎么分。我吃蘋果，把蘋果核留給你，鳥不是總喜歡吃種子嗎?”

鳥不干了：“沒門兒，那樣你分的比我多。”

他們爭(zhēng)來(lái)爭(zhēng)去，也沒有爭(zhēng)出分蘋果的方法，最后決定去找貓，讓貓給他們分蘋果。他們來(lái)到貓的家，跟貓談了他們的問題，貓答應(yīng)幫忙。

貓說(shuō)：“我需要一把鋒利的刀和一個(gè)天平。”他取來(lái)刀和天平，把它們放在一塊平坦的石頭上，然后把蘋果切成兩塊，稱了稱。

“第一塊比第二塊重，那我再?gòu)拇髩K上切下一點(diǎn)。”貓從第一塊上切了一小塊放進(jìn)了自己嘴里，然后又稱了一次：“這次第二塊又大了，我還得切下來(lái)一點(diǎn)。”他切下一小塊蘋果又放進(jìn)了自己嘴里。

稱了切，切了稱，他三番五次稱來(lái)切去，每次都要吃上一塊蘋果。很快整個(gè)蘋果只剩下一小塊了。貓這時(shí)聳聳肩膀，把剩下的蘋果給了鳥和老鼠，說(shuō)：“很抱歉，我吃得太飽了，不能再繼續(xù)給你們分了。”