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= A Cow learns Dilligence
* A cow and a buffalo lived by a pond. They were neighbors.
** cow - huang niu
** buffalo - shui nui
** pond - chi tang
** neighbors - ling ju

* The buffalo worked very hard on the farm every day.

* The cow was very lazy. He always soaked himself in the pond for the whole day.
** lazy - 懶惰的 (lan3 duo4)

* When the buffalo was cultivating his land, the cow told him: "Brother buffalo, cultivation is such a tiring job! Why don't you soak yourself in water like me?"

* "I have to prepare food for winter. You should start to prepare food too!" answered the buffalo.
* The cow pretended not to hear him and swam away.
* The cow thought aloud: "It's still early for winter! I can still be lazy for a while!"

* The buffalo kept cultivating and the cow was still soaking himself in the pond every day.

* Soon winter came!
* When the buffalo was moving the food into his house, the cow started to cultivate his land.

* The buffalo sat in his warm house and ate his hot food while it was snowing.
* The cow, however, had not reaped his food.
* So, he was sitting at home with nothing to eat.