When George Washington was a child, his father gave him an axe. This new axe is shiny, and George likes to chop things around with it.

He ran into the garden and saw a tree, which seemed to say to him, "Come on, cut me down!" " "

George often sees his father's workers cutting down big trees in the forest. He thinks it must be a very interesting game to watch the tree fall to the ground with a bang. So George cut it with his little axe. Because the tree was small, it didn't take him long to cut it down.

Soon, his father went home.

"Who cut down my lovely little cherry tree?" He shouted, "This is the only tree of this kind in this area. I spent a lot of money on it."

He was very angry when he entered the room. "If I find out who cut down that cherry tree, I will-yes, I will-"

"Dad!" Little George shouted, "I'll tell you what happened." I cut down the tree with an axe. "

His father's anger subsided.

"George," he said, holding the little guy in his arms, "George, I'm glad you told me what happened. I'd rather lose a dozen cherry trees than you lie. "

Ancient hanging gardens:

For thousands of years, there has been a beautiful and touching legend about "Hanging Garden". King Nebuchadnezzar II of new Babylon married Princess Medea as his queen. The princess was beautiful and won the king's favor. But as time went on, the princess became very sad. Nebuchadnezzar doesn't know why. The princess said, "my hometown is full of green mountains and green waters, and birds are singing and flowers are fragrant." And here is the endless plain of Babylon, and even a hill can't be found. How I long to see the mountains and winding paths in our hometown again! " So the princess is homesick. So Nebuchadnezzar II ordered craftsmen to build a cascade garden in his palace according to the scenery of Mount Mitis, which was full of exotic flowers and herbs, and opened a quiet mountain path in the garden, with flowing water beside it. The craftsmen also built a tower in the middle of the garden, which stood in the air. The exquisite garden scenery finally won the princess's heart. Because the garden is higher than the palace wall, it feels that the whole imperial garden is hanging in the air, so it is called "hanging garden" and "hanging garden".

Pantheon in ancient Rome:

To commemorate Augustus' early defeat of Antony and Cleopatra, Malcus Vipsanius agrippa, son-in-law of Augustus the Great, Octavian's deputy and three Roman governors, built a temple in Rome in 27 BC to worship "all the gods", so it was called the Pantheon. It was burnt down in 80 AD. Later, Emperor A Liang, who liked architectural design best (reigned from17 to 138), rebuilt it (from 120 to 124). At the beginning of the 3rd century, it was rebuilt by two emperors, Ruqius Setimius, Verus and caracalla. The park was robbed by Byzantine Emperor constance II in 655. After Rome converted to Catholicism, the Pantheon was once closed. In 608, Pope George IV changed it to "Church of the Virgin and Martyrs". In modern times, it has become an Italian celebrity hall and a national shrine.

Egyptian pyramids:

The configuration and orientation of the pyramids are very accurate, which is the standard direction, so every year at noon on the vernal equinox and autumnal equinox, there will be a spectacle, that is, the pyramids have no shadow and shine everywhere. The pyramids in America have the same effect. Every solstice, except for the pyramids in Egypt, there will be a mysterious point shadow similar to a feather snake on its surface. It goes upstream bit by bit in the morning and disappears at the top of the tower in the evening. Of course, this is closely related to their architectural structure.

The sphinx of ancient Egypt;

Five hundred years ago, the Sphinx was regarded as a "target" by the Mamluk soldiers of the king of Egypt (the guards of medieval Egypt). Maybe it has been "injured" and its nose has been "colored". However, according to some records, the pharaohs and subjects in Egypt regarded this stone statue as the "sun god", and worshippers kept coming. Later, the wind and sand slowly covered more than half of it. At this time, an anti-idolatrous person climbed up the sand dune with a pick, and severely chiseled his nose on the sand surface, destroying its appearance. Strange dreams Visitors who come to "visit" the Sphinx can see a remaining dream monument between its two claws on the chest. An interesting story was recorded on the tablet computer. 3400 years ago, the young Prince Tomo came here to hunt. Maybe I was tired from running, so I sat on the beach to have a rest. I fell asleep before I knew it. I dreamt of a stone statue and said to him, "I am the great Rahul Umm Heihet (the god worshipped by ancient Egyptians, which means condor), and the sand is choking me. If I can clear the sand from my body. Then I will make you king of Egypt. " When the prince woke up, he mobilized a lot of manpower and material resources, dug the Sphinx out of the sand and built a sand wall beside it. In the long years, stone statues have tasted the "pain" buried in the sand many times. Perhaps because of this, Herodotus, a famous Greek historian, gave a detailed and vivid description of the pyramids when he visited Egypt in the fifth century BC, but did not mention the Sphinx at hand. Probably, it was completely covered by sand dunes by this time. Decades ago, people dug it out of the sand for the last time and saw the sunshine.

German musician Beethoven is one of the most famous musicians in the history of European music. 1770 Born in Bonn, Germany. When Beethoven was young, his father had high expectations for him, hoping that his son would become a Mozart-style musical prodigy. When Beethoven was only 4 years old, his father put a bunch of music in front of Beethoven for him to play. Sometimes Beethoven practiced until his hands were swollen and he dared not rest.

Beethoven practiced piano.

One day, the church bell rang 12, and Beethoven was still practicing. He had to wait until his father came back to check his music before going to bed. His mother squinted at Beethoven and said piteously to him, "Son, it's 12 now. Go to sleep first."

"No, dad will hit me when he comes back and sees that I didn't practice."

Mother had no choice but to hold Beethoven and cry at the piano. Soon, Beethoven fell asleep in her arms and her mother put him on the bed.

When the bell rang again, Beethoven's alcoholic father came back. "Where is that little bastard? Why doesn't he practice the piano? "

"Don't look at the time, let the children practice the piano, and don't give up until they are killed?"

"Yes, you are right," said Beethoven's father. He came to Beethoven's bedside and helped him up, but his mother couldn't stop him.

Beethoven closed his eyes while playing the piano in a daze. Nevertheless, Beethoven's piano sound is very smooth and natural.

"Well, it's a bit like Mozart." Father said happily on the side.

A few years later, Beethoven grew from four to eight. After four years of hard practice, his piano level has been greatly improved, and his alcoholic father is also very satisfied, so he was invited to give a solo concert in the Conservatory of Music. The performance was a great success and his father enjoyed his son's success.

Moonlight Sonata

One autumn, Beethoven traveled and performed everywhere and came to a small town on the Rhine. One night, he was walking along a quiet path and heard the intermittent piano sound coming from a small room, playing his music.

Beethoven approached the hut, the piano suddenly stopped and someone was talking in the room. A girl said, "How difficult it is to play this song! I've only heard others play it several times, but I don't remember how to play it. If only I could listen to how Beethoven played himself! " A man said, "Yes, but the tickets for the concert are too expensive. We are too poor." The girl said, "Don't be sad, brother, I'm just saying."

Hearing this, Beethoven gently pushed open the door and came in. A candle was lit in the hut. In the dim candlelight, men are making leather shoes. There is an old piano in front of the window, and a girl of sixteen or seventeen is sitting in front of it. Her face is handsome, but she is blind.

Seeing a stranger come in, the shoemaker stood up and asked, "Who are you looking for, sir?" ? Wrong door, right? "Beethoven said," no, I'm here to play a tune for this girl. "

The girl quickly stood up and offered her seat. Beethoven sat in front of the piano and played the tune that the blind girl had just played. The blind girl listened to God's words, and when the music ended, she said excitedly, "How skillfully you play! How deep the feelings are! You, you are Mr. Beethoven? "

Beethoven didn't answer. He asked the blind girl, "Do you like listening? Let me play another song for you. "

A gust of wind blew out the candle. The moonlight shone through the window, and everything in the hut seemed to be covered with silver gauze, which made it very quiet. Beethoven looked at the poor brothers and sisters standing beside him and pressed the keys in the quiet moonlight.

The shoemaker listened quietly. He seems to face the sea, and the moonlight rises from where the water meets the sky. On the surface of the microwave, the silver light scattered instantly. The moon rose higher and higher, passing through a wisp of gauze-like Wei Yun. Suddenly, a strong wind blew on the sea and rolled up huge waves. The waves glistened in the moonlight and came to the shore one after another ... The shoemaker looked at his sister. The moonlight shone on her quiet face and her eyes opened wide. She seemed to see something she had never seen before, the rough sea in the moonlight.

Brother and sister were intoxicated by the wonderful piano sound. When they woke up, Beethoven had left the hut. He flew back to the inn and spent the whole night recording the music he just played-Moonlight Song.

Darwin's story

When Darwin was young, he once went to the garden with his mother to cultivate young trees. His mother said, "Soil is a treasure, and young trees can only grow with soil. Don't underestimate this soil, because it grows grass, fattens cattle and sheep, and gives us milk to drink and meat to eat; It grows wheat and cotton, so we can have food and clothes. The soil is so precious. "

Darwin asked, "Mom, can that soil grow puppies?" "

"I can't!" Mother smiled and said, "The puppy was born by the dog mother, not in the soil."

Darwin asked again, "I was born to my mother, and my mother was born to my grandmother, right?" "

"yes! All the people were born to his mother. "

"Who gave birth to the earliest mother?"

"It's God!"

"Who was born that God?"

Mom can't answer. She said to Darwin, "son, there are many things in the world that are mysteries to us." Please grow up like a small tree. These mysteries are waiting for you to solve! "

Darwin liked flowers, trees, birds, insects and fish since he was a child. After school, he still maintains a keen interest in nature. He rode horses, hunted, fished, collected minerals, caught insects, and went into the Woods to observe the habits of birds. For Darwin, the whole world is a big question mark, and there are too many things to explore and think about. He often meditates while observing, even forgetting the danger. Once, Darwin was walking in an old castle. As usual, he was lost in thought. He walked slowly, absent-minded, and suddenly stepped on the air and fell off the battlements. At this time, Darwin was very sober and his mind was still thinking. He recalled: "At the moment of this sudden fall, the number of thoughts that flashed through my mind was amazing. All this seems to be in line with the physiologist's statement that every thought takes quite some time.

Depressed and jealous person

During his teaching, research and writing at Lv Keang College in Athens, Aristotle often discussed the true meaning of life with students.

Once, a student asked him, "Sir, please tell me, why are jealous people always depressed?"

Aristotle replied: "Because it is not only his own setbacks that afflict him, but also the success of others."

public affairs

When Aristotle's son was in Athens, someone said to him, "You should stay as far away from public affairs as possible. People hate you because you speak confidently; If you say injustice, the gods will hate you. "

While Aristotle was listening, he immediately replied: "I love public affairs, because God will love me if I say just words;" If I say something unfair, people will love me. "

Fill the hole with the whole sea.

One day Aristotle was walking on the beach. He saw a man scooping water from the sea with a spoon and then pouring it into a small hole he dug on the shore. Aristotle was worried about his own problems. He didn't care-once or twice, he approached the man, but the man was so absorbed that Aristotle was curious: "What is he doing?" He can't help himself. That man is absolutely focused. He went to the seaside, scooped up a spoonful of water, brought it with him, poured it into the hole, and then went to the seaside ... Finally, Aristotle said, "Wait a minute, I don't want to bother you, but what are you doing?" You confuse me. "

The man said, "I want to fill this hole with the whole sea."

Aristotle, even Aristotle, laughed. He said, "You are so stupid! This is impossible! You're crazy. You are wasting your life! Just look at how big the sea is and how small your hole is-do you want to scoop all the sea into this hole with a spoon? You're crazy! Go home and rest. "

The man laughed louder than Aristotle. He said, "Yes, I will, because my work is finished."

Aristotle said, "What do you mean?"

He said, "You did the same thing-even more stupid. Look at your head. It is smaller than my hole. Look at the essence and the existence. It is bigger than this ocean. Look at your thoughts again-are they bigger than my spoons? " The man left, smiling and leaving.

Aristotle was shocked.

The difference between eating.

Someone asked the great philosopher Aristotle, "What's the difference between you and a mediocre person?" Aristotle replied, "They live to eat, and I eat to live."

Plato's story

One day, Plato asked his teacher Socrates what is love? The teacher asked him to go to the wheat field first and pick the biggest and golden ears in the whole wheat field. He can only pick it once, he can only go forward, and he can't look back. Plato did as the teacher said. As a result, he walked out of the field empty-handed. The teacher asked him why he couldn't pick it. He said: because you can only pick it once, you can't go back. Even if you see the biggest and golden one, don't pick it, because I don't know if there is a better one ahead. When I walked to the front, I was definitely not as good as I saw before. The biggest golden ear of wheat has been missed. So I didn't pick anything. The teacher said: This is "love". Another day, Plato asked the teacher what marriage was, and the teacher told him to cut down a tree in the forest first. In the meantime, you can only cut it once, and you can only go forward and not look back. Plato did as the teacher said. This time, he brought back an ordinary tree that was not so lush and not too bad. The teacher asked him how to bring this ordinary tree back. He said, "With the last experience, when I was halfway to nothing, I saw that the tree was not too bad, so I cut it down so as not to miss it, and finally I couldn't bring anything out." The teacher said, "This is marriage!"

Life is like walking through wheat fields and Woods, only once, and you can't look back. To find your best ears of wheat and trees, you must have great courage and considerable efforts.

The discovery of Archimedes principle (buoyancy principle)

In 245 BC, King Hennon ordered Archimedes to find out whether the goldsmith had cheated him. King Hennon gave the goldsmith a piece of gold to make a pure gold crown. Although the finished crown was as heavy as the previous gold, the king still suspected that the goldsmith had adulterated it. He ordered Archimedes to identify whether the crown was pure gold, but he was not allowed to destroy it.

This seems an impossible thing. In the public bathroom, Archimedes noticed his arm floating on the water. Vague thoughts flashed through his mind. He put his arm completely in the water, relaxed, and then his arm surfaced again.

He stood up from the bathtub, and the water level around the bathtub dropped; When I sat down again, the water level in the bathtub rose again.

He was lying in the bathtub, the water level became higher and he felt lighter. After he stood up, the water level dropped and he felt heavy. It must be the buoyancy of the water that makes him feel lighter.

He put stones and stones of almost the same size into the bathtub at the same time and immersed them in the water. The stone sank into the water, but he felt it lighter. He had to press down the block of wood and soak it in water. This shows that buoyancy is related to the displacement (volume) of the object, but not to the weight of the object. How heavy an object feels in water must be related to its density (the mass per unit volume of the object).

Archimedes found a solution to the king's problem here, and the key to the problem lies in density. If the crown contains other metals, its density will be different and the volume of the crown will be different under the same weight.

Putting the crown and the same weight of gold into water, it was found that the crown discharged more water than gold, indicating that the crown was adulterated.

More importantly, Archimedes discovered the principle of buoyancy, that is, the buoyancy of water to an object is equal to the weight of boiling water discharged by the object.

Columbus

In16th century, the great Italian navigator Columbus often led his fleet across the Atlantic Ocean. At that time, sailing life was very hard, and the crew ate brown bread and salted fish. The most terrible thing is that during the voyage, the crew can easily get a strange disease, which they call "siren". Sick crew members first feel weak and unable to walk, then they will bleed all over and then die slowly.

On one occasion, Columbus led the fleet to sail again. Before long, the "siren" came quietly. Less than half way through the voyage, a dozen crew members fell ill. Looking at the foggy sea, Columbus felt very heavy.

In order not to drag everyone down, a dozen sick crew members said to Columbus, "Captain, please take us to a desert island nearby. When you return to China, we will transport the body back to your hometown. " Columbus was helpless and could only nod with tears in his eyes.

A few months later, Columbus's fleet returned successfully. Columbus led the fleet to a desert island with sick crew. As the fleet is getting closer and closer to the desert island, Columbus's mood is getting heavier and heavier. The success of this expedition was bought with the lives of more than a dozen crew members! Columbus thought and thought, and before he realized it, the fleet had landed.

Suddenly, Columbus saw a dozen unkempt people running towards the fleet from a desert island. He took a look. Isn't this his crew? They are still alive! Columbus was really pleasantly surprised.

As the crew approached, Columbus asked eagerly, "How did you survive?"

The crew said noisily, "When we got to the island, we quickly ate up your food. Later, when I was hungry, I would pick some wild fruits to eat. In this way, we survived day by day. "

Columbus said to himself, "Is the secret in the wild fruit?" After returning to Italy, he told the doctors about the miracle of these sailors coming back from the dead. Later, people found through research that wild fruits contain a substance called vitamin C.

It turns out that the so-called "sea monster" is "scurvy", which is caused by the long-term lack of vitamin C in the body. The crew ate brown bread and salted fish for a long time and lacked vitamin C, so they got scurvy. Later, they collected wild fruits on a desert island to satisfy their hunger, and added a lot of vitamin C in their bodies, so scurvy was cured. In other words, vitamin C saved the lives of these sailors.

Peter the Great

Peter the Great of Russia, contemporary with Emperor Kangxi of China, Charlemagne of France and Queen Elizabeth of England, was one of the four kings of Jambu-Di^pa at that time.

Peter the Great traveled all over Russia incognito.

One day, I stayed in a hotel.

The shopkeeper checked the room and saw that it was not a mortal, but like a portrait of an emperor. He asked, are you your majesty?

Peter said, I serve him.

(Comment: Wonderful! Without the slightest lie, and without revealing his identity. Who doesn't serve himself? The real Buddhist Zen machine has a wonderful answer. )

The shopkeeper said, what did you do for him?

Peter said: He always asks me to do a lot of things for him, and sometimes he asks others to help him.

(Comment: Wonderful! Without the slightest lie. The king has many subjects, but he must do it himself. )

At this moment, Peter drew a basin of water and began to shave.

The shopkeeper said: interesting, then can you tell me what you have done for him?

Peter said, for example, sometimes he asked others to shave him, and sometimes he asked me to shave him.

(Comment: Great! Play it by ear, don't lie. )

The shopkeeper began to distrust him and turned away.

He thought, at best, this is a palace guard, or simply a guy who looks like a king and dares to raise the banner and brag.

The story of Napoleon and Josephine

Robespierre's dictatorship over jacobins was replaced by the rule of Zeyo Party, and France established the First Empire of France. However, the change of dynasty did not affect Maria's divination career, and her divination salon was still crowded.

One day, two women walked into the divination salon. One of them, Teresa, wants to know whether she will marry a rich man. Maria told her that she would have the title of princess and an unforgettable love. Teresa immediately turned her head and complained to her companion Josephine, "She just saw through my eagerness to get married, and then she talked nonsense." Hearing Teresa's complaint, Josephine decided to give up the plan of asking this short and fat ugly woman to do divination.

Just as she wanted to turn away, she suddenly heard Maria say weakly, "Madam, you'd better stay. For a period of time, the fate of France is in your hands. " This immediately aroused Josephine's curiosity, and she decided to stay and listen to what Maria would say.

Maria carefully used some auxiliary devices for divination (usually without the help of these devices), and predicted that Josephine, a widow with two children, was "destiny takes a hand" and that soon she would meet a man whom she fell in love with wholeheartedly. This man will make her famous, but in the end she will be abandoned by him.

Listening to Maria's whisper, Josephine asked her some questions. Seeing Josephine still didn't believe it, Maria picked up Josephine's arm, pricked her little finger with a gold needle, and then said to her, "You!

Since I still don't believe it, let me show you something. People who used to come to divination did not have this blessing. Remember, when you get rich and expensive, you will protect me. "Maria squeezed a drop of blood from her finger and dropped it into a bowl filled with unknown liquid. The drop of blood did not spread in the bowl, but kept changing shape, first like violets and tulips (Josephine's favorite flowers), then turned into cloves, and finally condensed into the shape of a crown. " You will be a queen, "Maria said to Josephine in an unquestionable tone.

It feels like a dreamy Josephine is leaving. When she walked to the door, she suddenly saw a man dressed like a playboy sitting in a dark corner of the living room, but she didn't pay much attention. She is still thinking about what just happened: "I can't be a queen, but nothing is more strange than what happened today."

"My emperor, you're here! You are getting married, and you will meet your bride soon. You will become an emperor, become famous in the world, and live a luxurious life. But this is only before you are 40 years old. When you are 40 years old, you will forget what God has planned for your lover, which will be the beginning of your miserable life. You will die painfully, and all your relatives and friends will declare that they never knew you! Napoléon Bonaparte, an artillery officer, was still very angry when he thought of Maria's prediction. How can I believe the fortune teller's story? How can she help me? "However, in Napoleon's mind, the beautiful image of the lady I met at the salon door still lingers. The future development of the situation, as Josephine expected. This is exactly what happened in history.

Napoleon1August, 769 15 was born in Corsica, France. At the age of 9, he entered the Wang family military school in Lynn. 1796 At the beginning of the year, the young Napoleon was quite famous in Paris because he participated in the rebellion to crush the royalists. At this moment, a woman proposed to him. Her name is Josephine.

Josephine was six years older than Napoleon, when she was a widow with two children. Once she heard a friend talk about Napoleon's deeds, admired him very much and wanted to know this promising young officer. But it was not easy for him to go by himself, and it was not appropriate to find someone else to introduce him, so she came up with an idea.

Josephine 12-year-old son followed his mother's orders and came to Napoleon's residence. The little guy asked Napoleon to return his father's sword, which was executed by robespierre during the terror. Napoleon agreed to the child's request, and the child took the sword with tears in his eyes and kissed the sacred object. The next day, Josephine came to thank him and poured out her love. His beauty and frankness deeply touched him. Napoleon thought that marrying the young widow had a great bearing on his happiness. This will be a strong support for him to realize his ambition. They got married only three months after they met each other. Two days after the wedding, Napoleon returned to the front line of Italy, and the French army, with poor command, training and weapons, defeated the powerful Austrian army, making him famous all over Europe.

Josephine was gentle, pure and kind, and was deeply loved by Napoleon. He wrote in one of her letters: I received your letter, in which you seemed to blame me for speaking ill of women. The problem is that what I hate most is female schemers. I am used to kind, gentle and gentle women, and I like them. If they indulge me, it's not my fault, it's your fault. But you will see that I am tolerant of a reasonable and respected woman. When I showed her the letter that her husband betrayed me, she began to cry and shouted, "This is indeed his handwriting!" " "That's enough. It touched my heart. I said, "well, madam, throw the letter into the fire. I have no evidence against your husband." She burned the letter and turned grief into joy. Now her husband is saved. If he is two hours late, he will be put to death. So, you see, I like feminine, pure and kind women, because only they are like you.

Josephine and Napoleon's greatest misfortune is that they have no children. Napoleon wanted to dominate Europe and have a son to inherit his legacy. After he was declared emperor by the Senate in 1804, this idea became more obvious. 1809165438+1On October 30th, Napoleon, just over 40 years old, finally proposed to divorce Josephine. When Josephine had lunch with Napoleon as usual that day, Napoleon asked the left and right sides to step down as soon as he finished his coffee. He approached her, took her hand and put it to his heart. He stared for a while and said, "Josephine, my dear Josephine! You know I love you, and you gave me the only happy moment in the world. But, Josephine, my fate is higher than my will; My most precious love must give way to the interests of France. " 1809 12 16, Napoleon and Josephine formally divorced.

1 810 April1day, Napoleon married Marie-Louisa, the grand duchess of Austria. I got my son in March the following year.

Josephine has been living in Marmason's bedroom since the divorce. Napoleon often visited her, but her spirit was always in low spirits. After Josephine died, Napoleon came to her grave and wept bitterly.

18 14 When Napoleon was defeated and exiled to the island of Elba, Mary-Louisa returned to her hometown in Vienna with her son, but she was not allowed to see Napoleon when she left.

18 15 years, Napoleon was exiled to St. Helena after the failure of restoration. 182 1 Napoleon died in St. Helena at the age of 5 1 on May 5, 2008. On his deathbed, Napoleon was still shouting "Josephine!"