SimaGuangBreakstheVatIntheSongDynasty,therewasacleverchildnamedSimaGuang.Oneday,SimaGuangandhisfriendsplayedhide-and-seekinthebackyard.Theboyblindfoldedandsho-utedloudly,"Istartcountingten,andIwillcatchyou."Allthechildrenwerehiding,somebehindthetrees,someamongthegrasses,aswellasoneontherockery.Theboycouldnotwaittoturnaroundandsaid,"Timeisup!"Theothersallheldtheirbreathanddidn'tintendtobefound.Whiletheboywaslookingforthem,someonesuddenlyyelled,"Alas!"Sochildrenfollowedthesound.Itturnedoutthattheboyontherockeryslippedandfellintothebigvat.

Oh,itwasterrible!Hestruggledhard,buthestillsankdownintothewater.Itseemedthewaterclsedoverhisheadanditwasdangerous.SimaGuangwantedtosavethedrowningboy,butthevatwastoohightoreach.Hecouldnotevengetthetopofthevat.Theotherchildrenweresofrightenedthattheyoredandshoutedloudly,

and

ranoutoftheyardtolookforhelpfromtheadults.

OnlySimaGuangkeptcalmandlooked

around

carefully.Suddenlyheglancedatthegrassandsawalargestone.SimaGuanggotanidea.Hethoughtthatif

hehitthevatwiththisstone,hecouldrescuethelittlefellow.ThereforeSimaGuangimmediatelytriedtomovethestone.Whataheavystoneitwas!Ittookhistremendousefforttomoveit.SimaGuangshouted,"One,two,three."Andhethrewthestonetothevatwithallhismight.Thevatwasbrokenwithabangandthewaterflowedoutofthebighole.Afterawhile,thedrowningboyslippedoutoftheholealongthewater.Hislittlefriendwasfinallysaved.Thesavedchild'sfamilyreallyappreciatedhishelp.Sotheywenttohishouseandthankedhimwithgiftthenextday.Soonthestoryaboutsavingaboyspreadthroughthestreets.AsSimaGuanggrowingup,hewaslearnedandcapable.Hewasnot

onlyhonestandupright,butalsobecame

afamousprimeministerof

NorthernSongDynasty.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,andhisstoryhasbeenspr