But a minister named Wu Ju said to King Zhuang, "I have a mystery for your king to guess." King Zhuang said, "Go." Wu Ju said, "There was a big bird in the State of Chu, wearing colorful clothes, but it stopped flying and barking for three years. What kind of bird is this? " Chu Zhuangwang said, "This is not an ordinary bird. This bird can fly. It can soar. It would be amazing if it didn't sing. You go, I already understand. "
From that day on, Chu Zhuangwang cheered up and managed the country seriously, and Chu gradually became stronger. Finally, this blockbuster Chu Zhuangwang became one of the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period.
Napoleon didn't study when he was a child. Because of his big figure, he often forces his brother to do his homework for him by force. Later, his brother finally couldn't stand Napoleon and said, you are just a little better than me. This sentence greatly stimulated Napoleon, and he studied very hard from then on. Later, he was admitted to the best military school in France. At the age of 29, he became a brigadier general of artillery, and later galloped across Europe, invincible.
3. One day, Li Bai was reading at home. The book was so thick that he became impatient in the middle of reading it: "When did you finish reading such a thick book?" So he dropped his book and slipped out of the door. Not far from home, Li Bai noticed an old woman grinding something on a grindstone by the roadside. Li Bai looked curiously and found that the old woman was holding an iron bar in her hand.
Li Bai was puzzled by grandma's behavior and stood quietly beside her. After a while, Li Bai finally couldn't help it and asked, "Grandma, what are you doing with a big iron bar?" "I, I want to sharpen my needles and sew clothes." Grandma didn't look up, carefully grinding the iron bar in her hand.
"What? Grinding needles? " Li Bai was even more puzzled and continued, "Are you going to grind such a thick stick into a needle? How is this possible? " After listening to Li Bai's words, the grandmother looked up and said, "Son, this iron bar is so thick. As long as I grind every day, I'm afraid I can't grind a needle? " After listening to it, Li Bai suddenly realized, "Yes, as long as you can persist all the time, no matter how difficult things are, so can reading!"
So Li Bai ran home quickly, picked up the book that had been left on the ground before, concentrated on reading, and never slacked off again.