农夫Shen特别贪婪吝啬，舍不得把梨子分享给别人，却想要别人的梨子。一个会施魔法的乞丐悄悄地给了他一个教训。
This story is about selfish Shen, a hungry beggar,
A kind woman, some YUMMY pears and a little bit of magic.
这个故事讲的是自私的沈，一个饥饿的乞丐，
一个善良的女人，一些美味的梨和魔法。
Shen lived in a little house with a big garden.
There was a tree in the garden. The tree grew sweet, golden pears.
沈住在一个有大花园的房子里，
花园里有一棵树，
树上结满了香甜的金色的梨子。
There were too many pears for Shen. But he didn’t want to share them.
“I’ll sell them at the market,” he thought. I’ll make lots of money.
沈有太多的梨,
但却不想与人分享,
“我要到市场上去卖，”他想,
我会赚很多钱的。
So Shen took a box of pears to the market. Pears for sale!
A beggar stopped to look. “Please may I have a pear?” he said.
于是，沈带着一箱梨去了市场。
卖梨子咯！
一个乞丐停下来看了看，
“能给我一个梨吗?”他问道。
“Can you pay?” asked Shen.
“I didn’t have any money.” said the beggar.
“你有钱吗?”沈问。
“我没有钱”乞丐说。
“Then go away!” shouted Shen.
How mean! A kind woman heard Shen shouting.
“那就走开! ”沈大喊道。
多自私啊!
一个善良的女人听到了沈的叫喊。
“Can’t you give away one pear?” she asked Shen.
“That man is hungry and you have enough to share.”
“NO!” shouted Shen.
“你不能给我一个梨吗?” 她问沈。
“那个人饿了，你有足够的梨可以分享。”
“不!”沈喊道。
“Then I’ll buy a pear and give it to him myself,” said the woman.
“Thank you,” said the beggar. “That’s kind of you.”
“那我买个梨自己给他，”这位女士说。
“谢谢你，”乞丐说。“你真好。”
He ate the pear quickly.
He spat out the seeds.
Ptoof!
他很快就把梨吃了。
紧接着把种子吐了出来。
噗 !
“Mmm, yummy,” he said happily.
“Now, it’s my turn to give you a pear.”
“嗯，好吃，”他高兴地说。
“现在，该我给你一个梨了。”
“Aha!” cried Shen. “You DO have money.”
“No,” said the beggar.
“啊哈!”沈叫道。
“你确实是有钱的。”
“不，”乞丐说。
The woman shook her head. “How will you get another pear?”
The beggar smiled. “I’ll show you,” he said.
女人摇了摇头。“你要怎么再弄一个梨呢?”
那乞丐笑了。“我来告诉你，”他说。
A crowd came to watch.
The beggar dug a hole and dropped in the seeds.
一群人前来围观。
乞丐挖了一个洞，把种子放了进去。
“May I have some hot water?” he said.
A tea-seller gave him a teapot.
“可以给我一些热水吗?”他问道。
一个卖茶的给了他一个茶壶。
The beggar pour hot tea into the hole.
The crowd gasped. “Look, a shoot!”
乞丐把热茶倒进洞里。
人群气喘吁吁地说。
“看,发芽了!”
The shoot grew and grew. It must be magic!
It grew into a tree, with green leaves and golden pears.
芽长呀长呀。
这一定是魔法!
它长成了一棵树，树上长满了绿色的叶子和金色的梨子。
The beggar picked a pear and gave it to the woman.
“Mmm, yummy,” she said happily.
那乞丐摘下一只耳梨给了那女士。
“嗯，好吃，”她高兴地说。
The beggar turned to the crowd. “Does anyone else want a pear?”
“Me!Me!Me!” they shouted.
乞丐看向人群。“还有人要梨吗?”
“我!我!我!” 他们喊道。
The beggar picked pear after pear. Soon the tree was bare.
Everyone got one-even selfish Shen.
Yummy!
乞丐摘了一个又一个梨。
很快树就变得光秃秃的了，
每个人都有一个——包括自私的沈。
好吃!
Now no one was watching the beggar.
He chopped down the tree and strolled away.
现在没有人看那个乞丐了。
他砍倒那棵树，然后漫步走了。
Oh no!
Suddenly, Shen looked around.
All his pears had gone! And their wooden box was chopped to pieces.
噢,不!
突然，沈环顾四周,
他的梨子都不见了!
他们的木箱被砍成了碎片。
“It was a trick,” he yelled. “Those pears the beggar picked-they weremine!”
The beggar turned my box into a tree by magic.” That crafty beggar!
“这是一个诡计，”他大喊道。
“那些乞丐摘的梨子——是我的!”
那个乞丐用魔法把我的箱子变成了一棵树。
“那个狡猾的乞丐!”
But the crowd just laughed.
“Next time, perhaps you’ll be less selfish,” they said.
但人们只是笑了。
“下次，也许你就不会那么自私了，”他们说。
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