小猫种鱼 A Kitten Planted Fish

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xiǎomāo zhòng yú
小 猫   种鱼
A Kitten Planted Fish

Yǒu yìzhī cōngmíng de xiǎomāo, zǒngshì xǐhuan pǎoláipǎoqù.
有   一只  聪明    的  小猫,    总是    喜欢    跑来跑去。
There was a clever kitten who liked trotting up and down.

Chūntiān lái le, māma dài tā qù zhòngcài.
春天    来 了,妈妈  带 他 去  种菜。
When spring came, his mother took him to plant vegetables.

Yígè xīngqī hòu, xiǎomāo fāxiàn cài fāyá le.
一个 星期   后,  小猫   发现  菜 发芽了。
A week later, the kitten found the vegetable seeds have sprouted.

Yúshì tā wèn māma wèishénme zhǒngzi huì fāyá.
于是  他  问   妈妈  为什么      种子    会 发芽。
So he asked his mother how the seeds were able to sprout.

Māma gàosu tā zhǒngzi xīshōu le nítǔ lǐ de shuǐfèn hé yíngyǎng,
妈妈    告诉  他 种子   吸收  了泥土里的  水分   和   营养,
Mother told him that seeds can absorb the water and nutrients in the soil,

Ránhòu jiù huì fāyá, zài zhǎng yèzi, zuìhòu huì jiéchū hěnduō cài.
然后     就 会 发芽,再长     叶子,最后  会   结出  很多   菜。
Then they will bud and sprout leaves. And at last they will yield many vegetables.

Xiǎomāo xiǎng: rúguǒ wǒ bǎ yú zhòng dào nítǔ lǐ, huìbuhuì zhǎngchū hěnduō yú ne?
小猫       想:  如果 我 把  鱼  种   到 泥土 里,会不会  长出        很多      鱼  呢?
The kitten thought: if I plant fish into the soil, will they yield many fish?

Dìèrtiān, xiǎomāo ná le jǐ tiáo yú, zhòngzài le tǔlǐ.
第二天, 小猫      拿 了几 条  鱼, 种在     了 土里。
The next day, the kitten took some fish and planted them in the soil.

Xiǎomāo měitiān dōu jiāoshuǐ, yígè xīngqī guòqù le, kěshì yú hái méiyǒu fāyá.
小猫         每天     都    浇水,  一个 星期   过去   了,可是 鱼  还   没有    发芽。
He watered the fish every day. A week later, the fish still didn’t germinate.

Xiǎomāo hěn zhāojí, wākāi nítǔ yí kàn. Wa, yú quánbù làn diào le, zhǐ shèngxià le gǔtóu.
小猫      很  着急, 挖开 泥土一 看。 哇,鱼  全部   烂  掉 了,只 剩下      了 骨头。
The kitten was very anxious and dug out the fish to have a look.

Xiǎomāo hěn qíguài yě hěn shāngxīn, jiù qù wèn māma.
小猫      很  奇怪   也  很  伤心,   就去  问    妈妈。
The kitten was very curious and sad, so he asked his mother.

“Wèishénme wǒ bǎ yú zhòng dào nítǔ lǐ búhuì zhǎngchū yú?”
“为什么         我  把  鱼  种       到  泥土里 不会   长出        鱼?”
” I have planted fish in the soil but why didn’t it grow out fish?”

Māma xiàole, tā shuō: “Yú shì dòngwù, bùnéng zhòng de.
妈妈    笑了,她  说:“ 鱼 是   动物,   不能       种       的。
Mom laughed and said, “Fish are animals and cannot been planted.

Zhǐyǒu zhíwù cái kěyǐ zhòngzhí. Bǐrú fānqié, huángguā, xīguā děng.”
只有    植物    才 可以  种植。     比如 番茄、黄瓜、        西瓜  等。”
Only the plants can been planted, for example, tomato, cucumber, watermelon and so on.”

Xiǎomāo míngbai le zhège dàolǐ, tā xiǎng: jīnhòu wǒ yào duō xuéxí, cái huì zhīdào  hěnduō zhīshí.
小猫明白了这个  道理,他 想: 今后 我  要   多学习,才 会    知道    很多      知识。
The kitten came to understand this truth. He thought, from now on I need to learn more so that I can obtain more knowledge.

Vocabulary

1. 发芽 (fāyá) v. to germinate
“发 ()” means to grow out and “芽 ()” means bud.

Dàole chūntiān, cǎo dōu fāyá le.
到了   春天,     草   都   发芽 了。
When spring comes, the grass germinates.

2. 明白 (míngbai) v. to understand
“明 (míng)” means clear and “白 (bái)” literally means white.

Tā zhèngzài jìnlì nòng míngbái tāde yìsi.
他  正在     尽力 弄      明白     她的 意思。
He is trying his best to understand her meaning.

3. 小猫 (xiǎomāo): n. kitten

4. 种 (zhòng): v. to plant

5. 春天 (chūntiān): n. spring

6. 伤心 (shāngxīn): adj. sad

7. 学习 (xuéxí): v. to learn

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