适合于小学高年级组英语演讲比赛的一分钟小故事

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An old legend relates that long ago God had a great many burdens which He wished to have carried from one place to another on earth, so He asked the animals to lend a hand. But all of them began to make excuses for not helping: the elephant was too dignified; the lion, too proud; and so on. Finally the birds came to God and said, 'If you will tie the burdens into small bundles, we'll be glad to carry them for you. We are small but we would like to help.'
有一个古老的传说，在很久以前，上帝有很多的重担是他想要从一个地方带到地球上的。于是他请动物们帮忙。但是所有的动物们都用各种介口不来帮忙：大象是高贵，狮子是骄傲，等等。最后鸟儿们来了，对上帝说：“如果你把这些重担分别系成小的担子，我们很乐意为你分担这些重担。我们虽然很娇小但是我们乐意帮忙。”
So God fastened upon the back of each one a small bundle, and they all set out walking across the plain to their destination. They sang as they went, and did not seem to feel the weight of their burdens at all. Every day the burdens seemed lighter and lighter, until the loads seems to be lifting the birds, instead of the birds carrying the burdens.
　　
这样，上帝将一个个的小担子固定在每只小鸟的背部。当他们出发经过平原，前往目的地的时候，鸟儿们边走边唱，似乎并未感觉到负担的重量。一天又一天，这些重担越来越轻，最后，这些重负似乎要把鸟儿们举起来，而不是鸟儿们在背负重担了。
　　
When they arrived at their destination, they discovered that when theyremoved their loads, there were wings in their place, wings which enabled them to fly to the sky and the tree tops.　　
They had learned how to carry their burdens, and their loads had becomewings to carry them nearer to God. Burdens we carry for others may become wings of the spirit, to lift us into happiness such as we have never known. -- Author Unknown