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GENERAL MAO AND THE TURTLE 毛将军和龟的故事 During the Chin dynasty about 1，600 years ago， there was a kindhearted Confucian scholar named Mao Bao. Once， before he had passed the imperial examinations and become a government official， he happened to see a fisherman on his way to the market to sell a turtle he had caught. Mao Bao immediately bought the turtle， but instead of eating it， he took it to a nearby lake and let it go. 距今1600多年前的晋代，有个心地善良的儒生叫毛宝。科举做官之前，有一次，他碰巧看到有一个渔夫，带着一只抓来的龟去集市上卖。毛宝当即把那只龟买下来，他没有吃了它，而是把它带到附近的湖中放了。 Later， Mao Bao became a very powerful general. Even the best generals lose sometimes， though， and at Chucheng， General Maos forces were beaten by Shi Jilung， and they had to run for their lives. 后来，毛宝成了一名威猛的将军。可是最优秀的将军也有吃败仗的时候，在楚城，毛宝的部队被石季龙打败了，他们只好四散逃命。 The enemy was following hot on their heels. General Mao was running as fast as anyone else. He reached a lake， but there were no boats around， and there was no bridge. There was no way to cross the water. General Mao couldnt swim，and anyway， he was dressed in battle armor， which would carry him straight to the bottom. | 
