PluggingOne'sEarsWhileStealingaBell

　　掩耳盗铃

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　　PluggingOne'sEarsWhileStealingaBell

　　掩耳盗铃

　　Intheancienttime,Fan'sfamilywasdestroyedbyothers.SoamanwenttoFan'shouseandtriedtostealsomething.Hesawabigbellinthecourtyard.Thebellwassobeautiful.Helikeditverymuch,andhewantedtogetit.Becausethebellwastoobigandheavy,hecouldnotmoveit.Hethoughttherewasonlyonewaytosolvetheproblem.Hehadtobreakthebellintopieces.

　　Thethieffoundabighammer,andhestruckthebell.Itproducedveryloudsound.Thesoundmadethethieffeltfrightened.Thethiefthoughtitwastoobad.Otherswouldknowthathewasstealingthebell.Hetriedtostopthesoundwithhisarms.Butitwasuseless.Hefeltmoreandmorefrightenedandcoveredhisearsfirmlyhardwithhishands.Thesoundbecamemuchlower.Heimmediatelygotsomeoddbitsofcloth,andhadhisearspluggedwiththetwoclothrolls.Hethoughtthatinthiswaynobodycouldhearthesoundofthebell.Sohestruckthebellagain.Thesoundwaslouder.Manypeopleheardit,andthethiefwascaughtasaresultchecked.

　　TheLostSword

　　刻舟求剑

　　Amanwascrossingtheriverwhenheaccidentallydroppedhisswordintotheriver.Immediatelyhemadeamarkontheboatwheretheswordhadfallen."Thisiswheremyswordfelloff,Ishallfindmyswordbythismark."hesaid.

　　Whentheboatstoppedmoving,hewentintothewatertolookforhisswordattheplacewherehehadmarkedtheboat.Needlesstosay,itwasuseless.Theboathadmovedbuttheswordhadnot.Hewasunabletofindthelostsword