The story of the pony crossing the river

The story of the pony crossing the river: An old horse and a pony live in the stable.

One day, the old horse said to the pony, "You have grown up. Can you do something for mom? " The pony jumped up and down and said, "Why not? I am very willing to help you. " The old horse said happily, "That's good. Take this half bag of wheat to the mill. "

The pony picked up the wheat and ran quickly to the mill. Running and running, a small river blocked the way, and the river was rushing. Pony was embarrassed and thought, can I go over? If mom is around, how nice it is to ask her what to do!

He looked around and saw an old cow grazing by the river. The pony pattered past and asked, "Uncle Niu, please tell me, can I cross the river?" The old cow said, "The water is very shallow. I just don't have calves, so I can wade across. "

The pony listened to the old cow and immediately ran to the river, ready to cross the river. Suddenly, a squirrel jumped down from the tree and stopped him, shouting, "Pony, don't cross the river, don't cross the river, the river will drown you!" " The pony was surprised and asked, "Is the water deep?" "Squirrel said seriously," deep! Yesterday, one of my partners fell into the river and drowned! "

The pony stopped quickly and didn't know what to do. He sighed and said, "Alas! Go home and ask your mother! " The pony wagged its tail and ran home. Mother asked, "Why did you come back?" Pony said shyly, "A river is blocked, and I ... I can't get through." Mother said, "Isn't that river very shallow?"

The pony said, "Yes! That's what Uncle Niu said. But the squirrel said that the river was deep and drowned his partner! " Mother said, "So is this river deep or shallow?" Have you thought over what they said? "The pony looked down and said," No ... I didn't think about it. Mother kindly said to the pony, "Son, it is useless to listen to others without thinking and trying." "No matter how deep or shallow the river is, you will understand it if you try."

The pony ran to the river and just raised its front hoof when the squirrel shouted again, "What's the matter, you are desperate!" " "The pony said," Let me try. " He got off the river and waded carefully. It turns out that this river is neither so shallow as the old cow said, nor so deep as the squirrel said.

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1, the creative background of pony crossing the river

Peng Wenxi's Pony Crossing the River was written in the 1950s. At that time, as a substitute teacher, he found that many students lacked the ability of independent thinking, so he spent an evening writing Pony Crossing the River, sent it to New Youth Daily and revised it to Pony Crossing the River. 1957, Beijing selected "Pony Crossing the River" as the fourth grade Chinese textbook, and then textbooks from all over the country were selected one after another.

Although the pony crossing the river has a great influence, few people know who is the author of the pony crossing the river due to family reasons. The organizing committee struggled to find the author Peng Wenxi, a contemporary rural teacher, in the field of Ruian. In the second year, Peng Wenxi changed from a substitute teacher to a regular teacher.

2. Introduction to the author of "Little Horse Crossing the River"

Peng Wenxi, 1946, graduated from Ruian Middle School, and worked as a primary and secondary school teacher for a long time. He used to be a director of Zhejiang Writers Association. Literary works have been published since the 1950s. On May 27th, 2009, Peng Wenxi, the author of the famous fable "Pony Crossing the River", a rural writer and an old teacher in Ruian, died at the age of 85. The fable "Pony Crossing the River" was selected into the primary school Chinese textbook from 1957, which bears people's memory for more than half a century.

Since 1957 was selected as a primary school Chinese textbook compiled by Beijing, it has been selected as a national textbook. More than half a century has passed and countless people have been affected. Ever since he learned that Peng Wenxi is the author of Crossing the River by Pony, he has been receiving the payment for crossing the river by Pony at home, averaging more than a dozen a year. It has also been translated into English, French and Japanese 14 languages.

"This river is neither so deep as the little squirrel said, nor so shallow as the old cow said." This is the conclusion drawn by Pony after his own practice. Mama Pony encourages Pony to think independently and be brave in practice, which just fits the spirit of Wenzhou people who dare to practice and explore. It has imperceptibly influenced thousands of China people in Wenzhou and even Qian Qian.

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