英语阅读系列之The Curse of The Bullock 公牛的诅咒

This Short Story The Curse of The Bullock is quite interesting to all the people. Enjoy reading this story.

Long time ago, in a small village lived an old woman with her daughter. While the old woman was hard working, her daughter was lazy and selfish. They had a bullock. “We should take proper care of our bullock." The old woman would say. “Hah! Animals should serve us, not we serve them," the daughter would reply.

There was a pond, at some distance from the old woman’s house. Every afternoon, she used to take the bullock to the pond to have a bath and to drink water. Meanwhile the lazy daughter would eat and sleep.

One day, the old woman fell ill. She requested her daughter to take the bullock to the pond. “It is very hot today, dear! The bullock must be thirsty," said the old woman. “Look! I have some sweets here. I know you love sweets, dear. Take the bullock for a drink. While he is drinking water, you can eat these sweets," the old woman added, handing a box of sweets to her daughter. The greedy girl agreed.

But as soon as she was out of her mother’s sight, the lazy girl tied the bullock to a tree and sat down to eat the sweets. The thirsty bullocks waited for the daughter to finish eating the sweets. “I hope she eats fast. I am really thirsty," thought the bullock. But after having eaten all the sweets, the daughter returned home and lied to her mother that she had taken the bullock to the pond and that the bullock drank water from the pond.

The bullock was extremely angry. He cursed the daughter, “In your next birth, you may be born as a Chatak, a bird that drinks water when only it rains. As you kept me thirsty today, so will you remain thirsty."

The Curse of The Bullock came true. In her next birth, the daughter was born a Chatak. It is said that a Chatak is a bird that waits for rains, remaining thirsty throughout the year, despite having water all around.

英语阅读系列之The Curse of The Bullock 公牛的诅咒

这个短篇小说《公牛的诅咒》对所有人来说都很有趣。喜欢读这个故事。

很久以前,在一个小村庄里住着一位老妇人和她的女儿。这位老太太工作很努力,但她的女儿又懒惰又自私。他们有一只公牛。“我们应该好好照顾我们的公牛。”老妇人会说。“哈!“动物应该为我们服务,而不是我们为它们服务,”女儿回答说。

在离老妇人家不远的地方有一个池塘。每天下午,她都会带着公牛去池塘洗澡和喝水。与此同时,懒惰的女儿又吃又睡。

有一天,老妇人生病了。她要求女儿把公牛带到池塘去。“今天很热,亲爱的!那只公牛一定很渴,”老妇人说。“看!我这里有一些糖果。我知道你喜欢甜食,亲爱的。带着公牛去喝一杯。“当他喝水的时候,你可以吃这些糖果,”老妇人补充道,递给女儿一盒糖果。贪婪的女孩同意了。

但她一离开母亲的视线,懒惰的女孩就把公牛绑在树上,坐下来吃糖果。口渴的公牛等女儿吃完糖果。“我希望她吃得快。我真的很渴,”公牛想。但是,吃光了所有的糖果,女儿回到家里,对母亲撒谎说,她把公牛带到池塘里去了,那只公牛喝了池塘里的水。

公牛非常生气。他诅咒女儿:“在你的下一世,你可能是一只会在下雨时喝水的鸟。你今天怎样使我口渴,你将来也会同样。」

公牛的诅咒成真了。在她下一次出生时,女儿生来就是一个沙塔克鸟。据说沙塔克鸟是一种等待雨水的鸟,一年四季都很渴,尽管周围都有水。


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