The Thirsty Ant

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There was once an ant that was very thirsty. ��ֻ���Ͽڿ��ˡ� It ran here and there looking for some water but could not find any. ˮ�ȣ��ɾҲ��š� Then suddenly, when the ant was almost ready to die of thirst, a large drop of water fell on it. ͻȻ�Ͽ�Ҫ��ʱ��һ���ˮ�� The Ant drank the water, which saved its life. ���Ϻ���ˮ�˾ȡ� The water was actually a tear from a young girl who was crying. ���ˮʵ��һ�ڿ���ˮ�� The ant looked up and saw the young girl sitting in front of a huge pile of seeds. ̧��ͷ��һ���һ���ǰ�� "Why are you sad?" asked the Ant. “��Ϊʲô��ô���İ�?”�ʵ�. "I'm the prisoner of a giant, "the girl told the ant. "He won't let me go until I've made three separate heaps of grain, barley and rye out of this huge pile of seeds in which they are all mixed together." “һ�˵�”��ϣ�“��й��ӣ�ͺ���ӣ���ֻ�аǷֿ�ѣſϷߡ�” "That will take you a month!" the ant said, looking at the huge pile of seeds. “Ҫ��һ���µ�ʱ!”���Ͽ��˿ѵ�˵ "I know," the girl cried, "and if I haven't finished by tomorrow, the giant will eat me for his supper!" “��֪”���˵��“컹�ֲ��꣬���˾ͻ���ҵ���ͳԵ�!” "Don't cry," the ant said, "my friends and I will help you." “��Ҫ�ޣ�”˵��“�Һ��ҵѻ��ġ�” Soon thousands of ants were at work, separating the three kinds of seeds. �ܿ죬��ǧֻæµ��Щ���Ӱ�ֳѡ� The next morning, when the giant saw that the work had been done, he let the girl go. �ڶ糿�˿��ɸ�Ļ���ˣ��Ͱˡ� And thus it was that one of her tears saved her life. �Ǹ��һ��Լ�  

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部分单词解释

once 来自五年级下学期	一旦
three 来自一年级上学期	三
some 来自三年级上学期	一些
one 来自一年级上学期	一
help 来自四年级上学期	帮助
his 来自五年级上学期	他的
next 来自四年级上学期	下一个
from 来自二年级上学期	从
her 来自五年级上学期	她
supper 来自二年级下学期	晚饭

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