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Once upon a time, there was a town called Eating Utensils.

以前，有一個(gè)叫做餐具的城鎮(zhèn)。

In addition to people, some dinnerware lived in the town.

除了人們以外，一些正餐餐具居住在這座城鎮(zhèn)。

There were bowls, cups, plates, serving platters, and so on.

有碗，杯子，盤子，大淺盤等等。

But, the people did not know how to use the dinnerware to eat their food.

但是，人們不知道怎樣用正餐餐具來(lái)吃食物。

One day, some new neighbors moved into town.

一天，一些新鄰居搬到了這個(gè)城鎮(zhèn)。

There were forks, knives, spoons, and chopsticks.

他們是叉子、刀子、勺子和筷子。

The pieces of dinnerware were really happy and went to welcome the new neighbors.

正餐餐具非常高興去歡迎新鄰居的到來(lái)。

'Guys, welcome to our town!'

“伙計(jì)們，歡迎來(lái)到我們的城鎮(zhèn)！”

'Let’s live in peace!'

“讓我們和平相處！”

'Alright. And let’s help each other.' So,they helped each other and became good friends. Everyone had a job to do.

“好的，讓我們互相幫助?！庇谑?，他們互相幫助成為了好朋友。每一個(gè)人都有工作做。

The forks poked and moved food.

叉子叉取和移動(dòng)食物。

The knives cut up food.

刀子切食物。

The spoons scooped up and moved food.

勺子舀起和移動(dòng)食物。

But, the chopsticks couldn’t find a job that they could do.

但是，筷子找不到他們能夠做的工作。

They couldn’t do anything alone. They only interfered with the others’ work.

我們不能單獨(dú)做任何事情。他們只能妨礙其他人的工作。

The other utensils began to ignore the chopsticks.

其他的用具開始忽視筷子。

Soon, the chopsticks became sad. One day, all of the chopsticks gathered together to have a talk.

很快，筷子變得憂傷的。一天，所有的筷子聚集到一起討論。

'Guys, we have to find a way to work. Why should we be ignored by the others?'

“伙計(jì)們，我們必須找到一種工作的方法。為什么我們一定要被其他人忽視呢？”

'Because we are useless.'

“因?yàn)槲覀儧]用?！?/span>

'No, we can find a way to be useful. Let’s think.'

“不，我們能找到一種有用的方法。讓我們想想。”

They thought about it for a few days. One chopsticks thought of an idea.

他們想了好幾天。一個(gè)筷子想到了一個(gè)主意。

He called all of the chopsticks together, again.

他把所有的筷子再次叫到一起。

'Guys, I have a great idea. Let’s each get apartner. Work in pairs. '

“伙計(jì)們，我已經(jīng)有好主意了。讓我們每個(gè)人一個(gè)搭檔。成雙結(jié)對(duì)的工作?！?/span>

'Then, what do we do?'

“那么，我們做什么？”

'Cooperate and pick up the food together!'

“合作一起夾起食物！”

The idea worked. They could pick up the food easily.

這個(gè)主意實(shí)施了。他們能夠容易地夾起食物。

The chopsticks were happy, now. They went to the others and showed them what they could do.

現(xiàn)在，筷子們很高興。他們到其他人那里顯示他們能做的。

'We can pick up food!' 'Say what? No way!'

“我們能夾起食物！”“說(shuō)什么？不可能！”

'Don’t interrupt our work. Go away!'

“不要打斷我們的工作。走開！”

'Wait! Look what we can do.'

“等等！看我們能做什么。”

The chopsticks showed them how they could pick up food by working in pairs.

筷子向他們顯示了他們?cè)鯓油ㄟ^(guò)結(jié)對(duì)工作夾起食物。

From that day on, the others’ attitudes changed.

從那天起，其他人的態(tài)度改變了。

They became friendly towards the chopsticks.

他們對(duì)筷子變得友善起來(lái)。

'Hey, you guys are working hard!'

“嘿，你們正在努力工作！”

'Yeah! Now, we can be helpful to all of you.'

“是?。‖F(xiàn)在，我們對(duì)你們所有人有幫助了?！?/span>

They all lived happily together ever after.

在此以后他們快活的住在一起。

Chopsticks cooperate and work hard together. It’s very hard to work together in pairs, but chopsticks never give up.

筷子合作一起努力工作。結(jié)對(duì)工作是很困難的. 但是筷子從不放棄。他們堅(jiān)持一起工作。

They keep on working together. Isn’t thatgreat?

那樣不是很棒嗎？