There was a jeweler in Chu State who went to Zheng State to sell beads. In order to attract business, he carefully made a box containing treasure beads. This box is made of precious magnolia, smoked repeatedly with cinnamon and pepper, and inlaid with sparkling pearls and jade.

It is also decorated with red roses and green emeralds. It's really bling. It smells different. A Zheng man took a fancy to this exquisite box. He bought the box, but returned the jewels in it to the jeweler.

2. Four people crossing the bridge

There is a canyon with dangerous terrain and fast-flowing water at the bottom of the canyon, and the so-called bridge is just a few bare iron cables that straddle the cliffs.

A group of four people came to the bridge, a blind man, a deaf man and two people with normal hearing and vision. Four people, one by one, grabbed the chain and marched in the air. And the result? The blind and the deaf crossed the bridge, so did a man with hearing and sight, and the other fell into the abyss and died.

Aren't people with hearing and sight worse than the blind and deaf? Yes! His weakness stems from his keen ears and clear eyes. The blind man said, "My eyes can't see. Fushan Gao Qiao is close, and I climb the rope calmly. " The deaf said, "I can't hear with my ears, and I can't smell the roar and roar under my feet, so my fear is relatively reduced."

The discerning person crossing the bridge said, "I crossed my bridge." What does the dangerous peak have to do with me? " What does torrent have to do with me? Just pay attention to stability. "

3. a sieve for gold panning

A gold sieve washed a lot of sand, but it was broken before gold was found. A new sieve was put in. Dude, "Xin Screen asked," What about your grades? " "That's it!" The shabby sieve pointed to the sand and answered.

Xinshi said disappointedly, "I don't know why I should take over your futile work!" " What you left me was these failed sand piles. What hope do I have to get useful gold! "

"No," the old sieve comforted him. "Failure is a necessary process of success, so I have no regrets at all. You know, nature will not easily provide ready-made fruits for anyone. Those who retreat in the face of difficulties really only have failed sand piles; For those gold miners who are not afraid of difficulties and work hard, it is possible to find successful gold from the failed sand pile. "

4. Owls and donkeys

A blind donkey goes out for a long journey. It was getting late and he broke into the dense forest. Get lost! He is in trouble, so he can't go forward or backward. Even if the donkey's eyes are bright, it can't be dark at night.

Fortunately, I met an owl who was willing to lead the way for the donkey. Gullies, mounds and hills can be seen clearly, and owls do have good ability to walk at night.

Finally boarded the flat road, it was already bright, how could the donkey have the heart to leave the guide? He begged the owl not to leave. Owls are on a whim. I want to travel around the world by donkey. He sat on the donkey's back like a master and instructed the donkey to move forward.

Are they going well? What a pity! As soon as the sun came out, the eagle went blind. However, it was willful and ordered the donkey to go west and east. It shouted, "Look out, there is a pit on the right!" " "Actually, the hole on the left is deeper than the one on the right." Turn left again, turn left again! "bang! Donkeys and owls fell into the valley.

5. gild the lily

There was a nobleman in the state of Chu who offered a pot of sacrificial wine to his guests after offering sacrifices to their ancestors. The doorman took this pot of wine and didn't know what to do with it. They think that it is definitely not enough for so many people to drink a pot of wine, so it is better to give it to one person.

Might as well have a good drink. But who should I give it to? So, the guests discussed a good idea, that is, everyone draws a snake on the ground, and whoever draws the pot of wine first will drink it. Everyone agrees with this method.

Each doorman took a stick and began to draw snakes on the ground. A person drew quickly, and in a short time, he finished painting the snake, so he brought a hip flask. Just as he was about to drink, he saw at a glance that the others had not finished drawing snakes. He proudly picked up the stick again and said to himself, "If I add more feet to snakes, they may not finish painting." While talking, I drew my feet on the painted snake.

Unexpectedly, before the man finished drawing the snake's foot, the hip flask in his hand was taken away by a person next to him. It turns out that the man has finished drawing the snake. The person who painted the snake's foot refused and said, "I'll finish painting the snake first, and the wine should be mine!" " "The man smiled and said," You are still drawing, but I have finished. Of course the wine is mine! "!

The person who painted the snake's feet argued, "I finished painting long ago, and it's still early. I just added some feet to the snake." The man said, "Snakes have no feet. Give them some feet, you can't drink anyway! " "

The man drank the wine rudely, and the man who gilded the lily looked at the wine that belonged to him and now it was taken away by others, and regretted it.