求简短的英语故事？

求简短的英语故事？

Talking clock

 会说话的钟



 While proudly showing off his new apartment to friends, a college student led the way into the den. "What is the big brass gong and hammer for?" one of his friends asked. "That is the talking clock," the man replied. "How's it work?"


 "Watch," the man said and proceeded to give the gong an ear shattering pound with the hammer. Suddenly, someone screamed from the other side of the wall, "Knock it off, you idiot! It's two o'clock in the morning!"


 一个学生带他朋友们参观他的新公寓，甚是得意。“那个大铜锣和锤子是干什么用的？”他的一个朋友问他。“那玩意儿厉害了，那是一个会说话的钟”，学生回答。“这钟怎么工作的”，他的朋友问。“看着，别眨眼了”，那学生走上前一把操起铜锣和锤子，拼命地敲了一下，声音震耳欲聋。突然，他们听到隔壁墙那边有人狂叫，“别敲了，你这白痴！现在是凌晨两点钟了！”

A man from the State Chu was crossing the river. In the boat, his sword fell into the water by his carelessness. Imediately he made a mark on the boat.“This is where my sword fell off.”He said. When the boat stopped, he jumped into the water to look for his sword at the place where he marked the boat. The boat had moved but the sword had not. Is this not a foolish way to look for a sword？ 这个是刻舟求剑,,我原来用过滴,,保证米侑错误

The hen and the golden eggs A cottager had a hen, which laid everyday a golden egg. He assumed that there must be a great deal of gold inside its body. He decided to kill the hen so as to have all the gold at once. To his surprise and disappointment, he found nothing in the dead body. The foolish cottager deprived his family of the gain of which they were day by day assured. One will gain nothing if he is too eager for quick success and instant benefit. 很久以前有一个人。一次他看见人家大门上挂着一个很大的铃铛，就想把它偷来。可是他又够不着。然后他就想：用斧头把铃铛打碎就可以把它弄走了。但是他用斧头砸的时候，铃铛就响了起来。他怕别人会听到，因此就立刻捂上自己的耳朵，以为这样别人也就听不见了。但是，他还是被人发现了，因为别人并没有捂着耳朵。 担心别人听到声音还可以理解，但是以为捂上自己的耳朵别人就听不到了实在是荒谬之极。 Long, long ago, a man found a very big bell tied to a house door.He wanted to take it away but he couldn't reach it. When the man tried to break it into pieces with a hammer, there was a loud clanging sound. He was afraid that someone would hear the noise, so he immediately covered his ears. But he was caught for others didn't cover their ears. They could hear the noise. Worrying about other people hearing the noise is understandable, but covering his own ears as if this would prevent others from hearing is absurd.