佛教的故事:Finding a New Spring_少儿英语故事

佛教的故事:Finding a New Spring

　　Then the tradesman thought to himself， If I lose courage now， in the middle of this disastrous situation， my leadership has no meaning. If I fall to weeping and regretting this misfortune， and do nothing， all these goods and bullocks and even the lives of the people， including myself， may be lost. I must be energetic and face the situation! So he began walking back and forth， trying to think out a plan to save them all.

　　Remaining alert， out of the corner of his eye， he noticed a small clump of grass. He thought， Without water， no plant could live in this desert. So he called over the most energetic of his fellow travelers and asked them to dig up the ground on that very spot. They dug and dug，and after a while they got down to a large stone. Seeing it they stopped， and began to blame the leader again，saying This effort is useless. Were just wasting our time! But the tradesman replied， No no， my friends， if we give up the effort we will all be ruined and our poor animals will die let us be encouraged!

　　As he said this， he got down into the hole， put his ear to the stone， and heard the sound of flowing water. Immediately， he called over a boy who had been digging and said， If you give up， we Will all perish so take this heavy hammer and strike the rock.

　　The boy lifted the hammer over his head and hit the rock as hard as he could and he himself was the most surprised when the rock spilt in two and a mighty flow of water gushed out from under it! Suddenly， all the people were overjoyed. They drank and bathed and washed the animals and cooked their food and ate.