The Three Lazy Ones ��������

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A king had three sons whom he loved equally well, and he did not know which of them to appoint as king following his own death. When the time came for him to die he called them to his bed and said, “Dear children, I have thought of something that I will reveal to you. The one of you is the laziest shall become king after me.” The oldest one said, “Father, then the kingdom belongs to me, for I am so lazy that whenever I lie down to sleep, and a drop falls into my eyes, I will not even close them so that I can fall asleep.” The second one said, “Father, the kingdom belongs to me, for I am so lazy that when I am sitting by the fire warming myself, I would rather let my The third one said, “Father, the kingdom is mine, for I am so lazy that if I were going to be hanged and already had the rope around my neck, and someone put into my hand a sharp knife with which to cut the rope, I would let myself be hanged rather than to lift my hand up to the rope.” When the father heard this he said, “You have taken it the farthest and shall be king.”  

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部分单词解释

children 来自五年级上学期	儿童
with 来自四年级上学期	具有
father 来自三年级下学期	父亲
when 来自二年级下学期	什么时候
become 来自五年级下学期	成为
then 来自四年级上学期	然后
own 来自三年级下学期	拥有
lazy 来自五年级上学期	懒惰的
put 来自五年级上学期	放
three 来自一年级上学期	三

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