蟾蜍寻食的故事it was new year once again. all the families in the village were busy preparing rice cakes to celebrate the new year.新的一年即将到来。村子里家家户户都忙着预备米糕来庆祝 新春佳节。in the village pond there lived a toad. when the snow began to fall, the toad left his home and went to live in the hilly are near the village.在村子里的一个池塘里住着一只蟾蜍。当开头下雪时，蟾蜍 便离开自己的家园，移居到村子四周一个多山地区。there he met a monkey. one day, the monkey asked the toad, how shall we steal some of the rice cakes to eat? they talked about this for some time.在那里，蟾 蜍碰见了一只猴子。 有一天，猴子对蟾蜍说：我们为什么不去偷些米糕回来吃呢?”in the end, they came up with an idea. they came down from the hills and went to the village.它们商量 了好久，最终想出了一个方法。the monkey and the toad reached the village headmans house. then they carried out their plan to steal the rice cakes.于是它们下了山， 走向村子。猴子和蟾蜍来到村长的家，开头它们的偷米糕打算。the monkey hid behind the door and waited for the chance to steal the rice cakes.首 先，猴子躲在村长家的大门后面，等机会入屋偷米糕。meanwhile, the toad moved away from the house and then jumped into the village well.与此同时， 蟾蜍则离开屋子，跳入一口井内。at that time, a servant of the village headman was busy cooking the rice cakes for the new year.村长家的一名女工正忙着调制新年米糕。she heard the sound of something falling into the well. she screamed loudly because she thought that her masters son had fallen into the well.突然听见外面扑 通一声，她以为仆人的儿子掉入井里了，就大声叫起来she immediately left the wooden basins that contained t. he rice cakes on the table and ran towards the well. the monkey, who had been hiding behind the door, quickly entered the house....
