The Bittern and the Hoopoe

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"Where do you like best to feed your flocks?" said a man to an old cow-herd. "Here, sir, where the grass is neither too rich nor too poor, or else it is no use." "Why not?" asked the man. "Do you hear that He called, "Come, cows, come," but it was of no use; they took no notice of his calling. The hoopoe, however, could not even get his cows up on their legs, so faint and weak had they become. "Up, up, up," screamed he, but it was in vain, they remained lying on the sand. That is the way when one has no moderation. And to this day, though they have no flocks now to watch, the bittern cries, "Come, cows, come," and the hoopoe, "Up, up, up."  

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部分单词解释

best 来自五年级上学期	最好的
watch 来自二年级下学期	看
become 来自五年级下学期	成为
grass 来自二年级上学期	草
his 来自五年级上学期	他的
day 来自二年级下学期	白天
where 来自一年级下学期	哪里
one 来自一年级上学期	一
when 来自二年级下学期	什么时候
like 来自二年级下学期	喜欢

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