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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,andhisstoryhasbeenspreadthroughouthistoryanduptothepresenttime.leaderofthetribe.SuiRenShiisregardedasthe"ancestoroffire"bylatergenerations,andhisstoryhasbeenspreadthroughouthistoryanduptothepresenttime.CaochongweighedanElephantIntheperiodoftheThreeKinodoms.SunQuanoftheWuKingdomoncegaveCaoCaoanelephantas

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present.Onhearingthis,CaoCaoandhistopofficialsweresohappythattheyallwentoutsidetolookat

it.AyoungboyfollowedCaoCaoclosely.HewasCaoChong,CaoCao'sson.Wow！Theelephantwassohuge！Thefourlegsasalonewereasthickasthepillarsofapalace,Despiteitssize,theelephantwasquitetame.Wantingtoseehowbigtheelephantwas,CaoChonggotveryclosetoit,onlytofindthathecoudbarelyreachuptotheelephant'sbelly.Onseeingthis,CaoCaosaidtoeveryone,"I

wonderhowmuchthishugeelephantweighsDoesanyonehave

anyideahowtoweighit?""Howcanweweigh

athingthisbig?"Allthecivilandmilitaryofficialstartedtotalktoeachother,searching

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anidea.Someonesaid,"Wecanonlyweighitifwebuildahugesetofscales."Butimaginehowbigthatsetofscaleswouldhavetobe!Andevenwithsuchscales,itwouldbeimpossibletoweighalivingelephantonthem!Ageneralspokeinagruffvoice,"Thisiseasy!Weonlyhavetokillit,cutitup,andthenweighthepiecesonebyone."Onhearingthis,everyoneburstintolaughter.Whywouldanyonekillanelephantjusttohaveitweighed!Nooneelsecouldfigureoutabetteridea.Thecivilandmilitaryofficialsallhungtheirheadsinshameandstoppedtalking.Justthen,CaoChongwalkedinfrontofeverybodyandsaid,"Ihaveasolutiontoweightheelephantproperly.”SeeingthatitwashisbelovedsonCaoChong,CaoCaopretendedtobeangry,andsaid,"Nooneinmycourtcanfigureouthowtoweighanelephant.Sohowcanyou,amerechild,solvethisproblem?"CaoChongthenwhisperedsomethingintoCaoCao'searsthatmadeCaoCaosmile.CaoCaoimmediatelytoldeveryone,"Followme!Let'sgototheriversideandwatchthiselephantbeingweighed!"AbigboatwasmooredintheriverCaoChongaskedsomeonetoleadtheelephantontotheboat.Theelephantwassoheavy!Themomentitgotontotheboat,theboatwentdownalot.Whentheboatstoppedrocking,CaoChongcutamarkalongthewaterlineonthesideoftheboatwithasmalldagger.Thenheaskedsomeonetoleadtheelephantbackontothebank.Everybodywatchedwiththeireyeswideopen,butnobodyhadtheslightestcluewhatwasgoingon.Afterthat,CaoChongaskedpeopletoaetalotofrocksandslowlyloadthemontotheboat.Themorerocksthatwereloaded,thedeepertheboatsank.Assoonastheboatsanktothelevelwherethewaterlinemetthemarkonthesideoftheboat,CaoChongshouted,"Stop!"Atlast,everbodyrealizedwhatwasgoingon."Hooray!Hooray!"Peoplestartedcheerinqandclapping,marvelingatthiscleveridea.Nowtheonlythingthathadtobedonewastoweighalltherocksandthenaddupthetotaltoknowtheexactweightoftheelephant.Whentheweighingofalltherockswasfinished,thesoldierinchargewasjustabouttoreportthefinalnumber.CaoChongstoppedhim,"Holdon!WhenImadethemark,Iwasalsoonboardwiththeelephant,somyweightshouldbesubtra