A long time ago, there was a Bo Luo Nai City in the State of Jia Shi. Outside the city was a large forest, where 500 macaques lived.
One night the 500 macaques wandered around and came to a ni ju lu (bodhi) tree. Under the tree was a deep ancient well. The water in the well was very clean and reflected the full moon in the sky.
The leading macaque bent1 over the well and watched carefully for a while. Then it jumped onto the edge of the well and said to the others: "Alas2! Today the moon has died and fallen into this well. Let us scoop3 it up together; otherwise the nights will be dark forever."
All the macaques tweaked their ears and scratched their cheeks, saying:"The well is so deep. How can we scoop up the moon?"
The leading macaque had a sudden brainwave and said: "I have it! I will climb up the tree and grasp a branch, then another one grasps my tail. In this way, one following another in succession4, can't we hang down into the well?"
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When the other macaques heard this, they jumped with joy. So they linked their heads and tails together, extending5 longer and longer until they almost touched the surface of the well water. At this moment, the branch broke with a big crack and all 500 macaques fell into the ancient well.
很久以前，在伽尸國(guó)有一座波羅奈城。城外有一片大森林，森林里生活著五百只稱猴。
有一天晚上，五百只稱猴到處游逛，來(lái)到了一棵尼俱律樹(shù)畔。樹(shù)下，有一口很深的古井，井水清悠悠的，映出了天上的一輪圓月。
領(lǐng)頭的稱猴俯在井邊仔細(xì)看了一陣，然后跳到井臺(tái)上對(duì)大家說(shuō)：“不好了，今天月亮死了，就落在這口井中。讓我們一起把它撈出來(lái)，不然的話，夜晚就永遠(yuǎn)黑暗了?！?
眾猴聽(tīng)了，個(gè)個(gè)抓耳撓腮，說(shuō):“井這么深，怎樣才能把月亮撈起來(lái)呢？”
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領(lǐng)頭的稱猴靈機(jī)一動(dòng)，說(shuō):“辦法有了!我爬上樹(shù)，抓住樹(shù)枝，然后另一個(gè)抓住我的尾巴，這樣一個(gè)一個(gè)接下去，不就可以垂到井里去了嗎？”
大家一聽(tīng)，都高興得歡蹦亂跳。于是，猴們頭尾相連，越接越長(zhǎng)，眼看就要碰到水面了。這時(shí)候，只聽(tīng)見(jiàn)咔嚓一聲巨響，樹(shù)枝斷了，五百只稱猴統(tǒng)統(tǒng)掉進(jìn)了古井。
1 bent
n.愛(ài)好，癖好；adj.彎的；決心的，一心的
參考例句：
He was fully bent upon the project.他一心撲在這項(xiàng)計(jì)劃上。 We bent over backward to help them.我們盡了最大努力幫助他們。
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2 alas
int.唉(表示悲傷、憂愁、恐懼等)
參考例句：
Alas!The window is broken!哎呀！窗子破了！ Alas,the truth is less romantic.然而，真理很少帶有浪漫色彩。
3 scoop
n.鏟子，舀取，獨(dú)家新聞；v.汲取，舀取，搶先登出
參考例句：
In the morning he must get his boy to scoop it out.早上一定得叫傭人把它剜出來(lái)。 Uh,one scoop of coffee and one scoop of chocolate for me.我要一勺咖啡的和一勺巧克力的。
4 succession
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n.連續(xù)，一連串，一系列；v.接替，繼任
參考例句：
He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快連續(xù)發(fā)表了一系列的作品。 His succession as headmaster was not in any doubt.他繼任校長(zhǎng)是確定無(wú)疑的。
5 extending
v.（空間、時(shí)間等）延伸，延續(xù)( extend的現(xiàn)在分詞 )；伸展；給予；延長(zhǎng)
參考例句：
We are extending the radio network. 我們正在擴(kuò)大廣播網(wǎng)。 來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》 A romance extending over several years was culminated. 一場(chǎng)數(shù)年之久的戀愛(ài)就此圓滿告終。 來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
