金牛湖
从前,西湖叫做金牛湖.
湖底住着一条金牛.只要天晴久了,湖水浅下去,湖里的金牛就出现了,他嘴里吐出一口口大水,湖水又立刻涨满.
有一年夏天,算起来已经九九八十一天没有下雨了,旱得湖底朝天,老百心姓天天盼望金牛出现.
一天早晨,正当大家坐在湖边的时候,忽然传来"哞"的一声。只见金牛从湖底中出现了。他摆摆头，摆摆尾，口吐大水，瞬时湖水又涨起来了。
这件事很快船开了。县官一听，捧者肚子笑呵呵地说：“这真是一件活宝贝，要是把它献给皇帝，一定能升官发财！”当下吩咐手下人把老百姓都赶到湖边去，把湖水抽干。“谁不来，就斩谁！”
湖水终于抽干了。果然，金牛卧在湖底。那金牛站了起来，仰天长叫一声，从口中吐出一股白花花的大水，直冲县官，一下把他卷到巨浪中去了。
立刻，湖水又满了起来。
从此以后，湖中的金牛不再出现了，湖水再也没有干过。
參考答案:The Lake of the Golden Bull
Once upon a time, West Lake was called Golden Bull Lake.
A golden bull lived at the bottom of the lake. When it hasn't rained in a while, and the water level falls, the golden bull would come to the surface. Water would flow from his mouth, and the lake would be full again.
One summer, there had not been rain for 81 days, the water level was so low you could see the bottom. Everyday, the peasants prayed for the golden bull to resurface.
One morning, when everyone were sitting by the lake, they suddently heard a loud "Moo"! The golden bull appeared from the bottom of the lake. He shook his head, wagged his tail, and started to spit water. The lake immediately became full again.
The news spread fast. When the magistrate heard the news, he laughed out of his pot belly: "This is a real treasure, if I can present it to the Emperor, I will definitely be promoted." He called his people to round up the peasants and pump the lake dry. "Death to he who disobeys the order!"
Eventually, the lake was emptied. People saw the golden bull lying at the bottom. He stood up and cried to the sky. Water rushed from his mouth, straight towards the magistrate, where he sank in the waves.
The lake became full instantly.
After that, the golden bull was never seen again, and the lake had not been dry since.
