A Piece of Fable

By Prudence, Class 4 Grade Three

       A Little Horse Crossing the River

      There was an old horse and a little horse on the farm. One day, the old horse asked the little horse to send the wheat to the hill. The little horse carried the wheat and ran to the mill, but there was a river in front of him. He stopped and didn’t know what to do next. Just then the Aunt Cow was passing by. She told him that he could cross the river because it was not deep. When the little horse began to cross the river, a little squirrel shouted at him, “Don’t cross it! You will be dead!” The little horse was afraid and had to go back home to ask his mum. The old horse told him that he should try to cross the river by himself. Finally he succeeded in crossing the river.

      Only when we try by ourselves can we know how deep the river is.