Straw, Coal and Bean

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In a village dwelt a poor old woman, who had gathered together a dish of beans and wanted to cook them. So she made a fire on her "But what are we to do now?" said the coal. "I think," answered the bean, "that as we have so fortunately escaped death, we should keep together like good companions, and lest a new mischance should overtake us here, we should go away together, and repair to a foreign country." The proposition pleased the two others, and they set out on their way in company. Soon, however, they came to a little brook, and as there was no bridge or foot-plank, they did not know how they were to get over it. The straw hit on a good idea, and said, "I will lay myself straight across, and then you can walk over on me as on a bridge." The straw therefore stretched itself from one bank to the other, and the coal, who was of an  

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部分单词解释

straight 来自五年级上学期	直的
them 来自五年级上学期	他们
her 来自五年级上学期	她
bridge 来自二年级上学期	桥
new 来自三年级上学期	新的
two 来自一年级上学期	二
one 来自一年级上学期	一
then 来自四年级上学期	然后
bank 来自四年级下学期	银行
can 来自二年级下学期	可以

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