驚弓之鳥ABirdStartledBytheMereTwangOfABow-stringGengLeiwasamasterarcherofthestateofWeiinancienttimes.Onceheheldabowinhislefthandandtookanarrowinhisrighthand,closingone-eye,pullingthebowfull,afterloosingthestring,thearrowwoulddefinitelyhiton

themiddleoftarget.ThekingofWeioftenappointedhimtohuntinthewildplaces.Everytime,theycamebackwithalotofpreybeforesunset.Everyonewasveryhappy.Oneday,theysawalonelywildgose.Itflewslowlyintothedistance,withaplaintivewhine.GengLeistopped,lookedatthewildgooseintheair,andsaidtotheking,"Idon'tneedanarrow.Ijustpullthestringandthisgoosewillfall.""Really?"Thekingdidn'tbelievehisearsandasked,"Doyoureallyhavesuchagreatability?""GengLeisaidwithasmile,"Pleaseletmehaveatry."GengLei,holdingthebowwithhislefthandandpullingthestringwithhisrighthand,facingthewildgoose,thehandloosenedandthebowstringbanged.Thewildgoosewasflyingwellinitially,butitsuddenlyclappeditswingstwiceandwantedtoflyhigher.Thenitstoppedandfellstraightoutofmidair.Thekingwasverysurprised,"Youreallyhavesuchagreatability!"He

quicklyaskedhisattendanttopickupthewildgoose.GengLeisaidwithasmile,"Thewildgoosewemettodayhappenedtohavealreadybeeninjuredbyanarrow."Thekingthendidnotbelievehisearsagain.Heasked,"Wesawthiswildgooseatthesametimejustnow.Howdidyouknowithadbeenshotandinjured?"GengLeisaid,"Icouldseeitfromitsflyingspeed,andIcouldhearitfromitschirping."Itturnedoutthatthewildgooseflewveryslowlybecauseithadbeeninjuredbyanarrow.Itswounddidnotheal.Thewildgoosecriedmiserably,becauseithadnocompanyandwasverylonely.Assoonasitheardthesoundofthestring,itwasveryafraid,soittrieditsbesttoflyhigher.Assoonasittriedhardertofly,thewoundopenedagainandfinallyitfelldown.Atthistime,theattendantpickedbackthewildgoose.Thekingsawthattherewasnoarrowonthewildgoose,buttherewasreallyanarrowwound.Thewoundjustopenedandbegantobleed.ThekingsaidtoGengLeihappily,"Youarereallythemostpowerfularcherever!"DrillWoodtoMakeFire

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火Longtimeago,peoplehadn'tlearnedhowtomakefire,letalonecookfood.Peopleaterawfoodanddrankcoldwater.Everythingtheyatewasraw,sopeopleusedtogetsickandevendieeasily,andtheirlifespanwasnotlong.Oneday,theforestcaughtfire.Afterthefirewasputout,peoplefoundbeaststhatwereburntbythefire.Peoplefoundthatthesmellwasgood.Theytookabite,anditwasdelicious,too.Hence,peoplelearnedthatmeattastesbetterwhencookedwithfire.Theyalsodiscoveredthatfirecanbringlightanddriveawaywildanimals.Withfire,thebeastswouldn'tdaretogetnearpeople.Theyalsodiscoveredthatfirecanbringlightanddriveawaywildanimals.Withfire,thebeastswouldn'tdaretogetnearpeople.Onamountain,theregrewakindoftreecalledSuimu.IntheSuimuwoods,therelivedakindofbirdwithalongandhardbeak.Thiskindofbirdlikedtopeckthewoodwithitsbeak.Itpeckedandpecked,andsometimesitcouldpeckoutsparks.Onedayamanwalkedthroughthewoodsandsawthesparks.Hethought:"Ifbirdscanmakesparks,canIdothesame?"HefoundapieceofSuimuwoodandahardbranch,andstruckthewoodwiththebranchjustlikethebirddid.However,hecouldn'tmakeanysparksnomatterhowhardhetried.Buthedidn'tgiveup.HefoundapieceofdrySuimuwoodandputsomehayonit.Hekeptdrillinganddilingonthewoodwithabranch.Finally,thewoodsparkedandlitsomehayandthewood.Hekeptdrillinganddilingonthewoodwithabranch.Finally,thewoodsparkedandlitsomehayandthewood.Wordspreadquickly,andpeoplegraduallylearnedtomakefireontheirownandcookfoodwithtorches.Thedaysofeatingrawmeathadfinallyended.Whenthenightcomes,peopleallgatheraroundthefire,andthewildanimalsdarenotapproachthemeasily.Themanwhoinvented"dillingwoodtomakefire"wasnamedSulRenShi.Peoplewereverygratefulltohimandelectedhimasthe,leaderofthetribe.SuiRenShiisregardedasthe"ancestoroffire"bylatergenerations,andhisstor