ALittleHorseCrossingtheRiverThereareanoldhorseandalittlehorseonafarm.Onedaytheoldhorseasksthelittlehorsetosendthewheattothemill.Thelittlehorseisveryhappy.Hecarriesthewheatandrunstowardthemill.Butthereisariverinfrontofthelittlehorse.Hestopsanddoesnotknowwhattodonext.JustthenAuntCowispassingby.Thelittlehorseasks,“AuntCow,pleasetellme.CanIcrosstheriver”AuntCowanswers,“Itisnotdeep,youcancrossit.”Whenthelittlehorsebeginstocrosstheriver,alittlesquirrelshoutsathim,“Littlehorse,don'tcrossit,youwillbedrowned.Yesterdayoneofmyfriendswasdrownedinthisriver.”Thelittlehorseisveryafraid.Finallyhedecidestogohomeandaskhismother.Theoldhorseasks,“WhydoyoutakethewheatbackWhat'swrongwithyouMychild.”Thelittlehorseanswerssadly,“Thereisariverinfrontofme.AuntCowsaiditwasnotdeep.Butthelittlesquirrelsaiditwasdeep.WhatshallIdo”Theoldhorsesays,“Mychild,youshouldtrytocrosstheriverbyyourself.Ifyoudonottry,howdoyouknowtheriverisdeepornot”Thelittlehorsecarriesthewheatandreturnstotheriverside.Atlast,hesucceedsincrossingtheriver.Now,Heknowshowdeeptheriveris.小马过河农场里有一只老马和一只小马，一天老马叫小马把麦子送到磨房。小马很开心，扛起了小麦就跑向了磨房。可有一条河挡住了去路，他停了下来不知如何是好，正在这时，奶牛大婶过来了。小马问：“奶牛大婶，请告诉我，我能趟过这条河吗？”奶牛大婶答道：“不深，你能过去。”正当小马开始过河时，一只小松鼠朝他大喊：“小马，不要过河，你会淹死的。昨天我的一位朋友就在这河淹死了。”小马非常害怕，最后决定回家问问妈妈。老马问：“你为什么又把小麦扛回来了？你怎么了？我的孩子。”小松鼠委屈地回答：“有一条河挡住我的去路。奶牛大婶说它不深，可小松鼠说它深。我该听谁的呀？”老马说：“孩子，你应该自己试试，如果不试，你怎么知道河的深浅？”小马驮着小麦又回到了河边。最后，他成功地渡过了河。他终于知道河有多深了。
