As the legend goes, during ancient times, in the expansive open country of North China, there was a kind of birds called "rocs".
The roc was very huge, with its back like a big mountain, and its wings like a stretch of cloud which could cover the sky. When it spread its wings, it could break through a storm and soar at a height of 90,000 li (1/2 kilometre) in the sky towards the sea in the south.
A small bird called the quail1 bounced on the ground, free and happy. It looked up at the roc soaring in the sky and couldn't help laughing: "Hey, see how cocky you are! Look at me, one jump can take me over 10 chi. How delightful2! Every day I come and go amid these weeds and thickets3 and fly freely. Don't I fly quite well too? But, where can you fly to anyway?"
傳說(shuō)，古時(shí)候中國(guó)北方的原野上有一種鳥(niǎo)，它的名字叫“鵬”。
鵬長(zhǎng)得很大，背脊像一座大山，翅膀像一大片云，能把天空遮住。它張開(kāi)翅膀能沖破風(fēng)暴，在九萬(wàn)里高的天空中飛翔，一直飛向南方的大海。
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有一只叫鸚雀的小鳥(niǎo)，在地上蹦蹦跳跳，自由自在，非?？旎睢Ｋ炜罩姓钩犸w翔的大鵬，忍不住發(fā)笑，說(shuō)：“咳，看你神氣活現(xiàn)的！我呀，一蹦一跳，就有十幾尺，多么痛快啊！我每天在這些雜草和樹(shù)叢里，來(lái)來(lái)去去，自由飛翔，不也飛得挺好嗎？可是，你又能飛到哪里去呢？”
1 quail
n.鵪鶉；vi.畏懼，顫抖
參考例句：
Cowards always quail before the enemy.在敵人面前，膽小鬼們總是畏縮不前的。 Quail eggs are very high in cholesterol.鵪鶉蛋膽固醇含量高。
2 delightful
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參考例句：
We had a delightful time by the seashore last Sunday.上星期天我們?cè)诤I玩得真痛快。 Peter played a delightful melody on his flute.彼得用笛子吹奏了一支歡快的曲子。
3 thickets
n.灌木叢( thicket的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )；叢狀物
參考例句：
Small trees became thinly scattered among less dense thickets. 小樹(shù)稀稀朗朗地立在樹(shù)林里。 來(lái)自辭典例句 The entire surface is covered with dense thickets. 所有的地面蓋滿(mǎn)了密密層層的灌木叢。 來(lái)自辭典例句
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