求英语的小故事!!!急急急~~~

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我想要一篇英语的小故事!~

是要参加一个英语口语比赛用的!!~

时间大概在1分钟以内!~

初二的!不要太难咯!~

我会追加分的!谢谢~~

A Grain of Sand
一粒沙子
William Blake/威廉.布莱克
To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild fllower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
从一粒沙子看到一个世界,
从一朵野花看到一个天堂,
把握在你手心里的就是无限,
永恒也就消融于一个时辰。
The Cobbler and the banker
La Fontaine/拉.封丹
皮匠和银行家
A cobbler passed his time in singing from morning till night;it was wonderful to see,wonderful to hear
him;he was
more contented in shoes,than was any of the seven sages.His neighbor,on the contrary,who was rolling in
wealth,sung
but little and slept less.He was a banker;when by chance he fell into a doze at day-break,the cobbler
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awoke him with
his song.The banker complained sadly that Providence had not made sleep a saleable commodity,like
edibles or
drinkables.Having at length sent for the songster,he said to him,"How much a year do you earn,Master
Gregory?"
"How much