很久以前，小山上的庙里住着一个小和尚。每天早上，小和尚都要到山脚下的小河边去挑水，庙里的水缸总是满满的。
Long time ago, there lived a little monk in a temple on the top of a hill. Every morning, the little monk would go fetch water from the river at the foot of the hill. The water tank in the temple was always full.
有一天，一个瘦和尚路过这座山，发现了这座庙。 瘦和尚爬上山，请求留下来和小和尚一起住，小和尚答应了。
One day, a slim monk passed by this hill and noticed this temple. He climbed up the hill and asked to stay with the little monk. The little monk agreed.
- 瘦：slim
- 路过：to pass by
- 发现：to discover, notice, see
- 爬：to climb
- 请求：to ask, to demand, to beg
- 答应：to agree, to approve
可没过多久，两人就为了挑水的事吵了起来。 他们谁也不想去，可是没水喝可不行。最后，两个和尚决定一起下山抬水。
But it wasn’t long before two people started fighting over the matter of fetching water. Neither of them was willing to get water. Nevertheless they could not live without drinking water. In the end, two monks decided to go carry a bucket of water together.
- 没过多久：
- not long after, pretty soon, before long, shortly afterwards
- it wasn’t long before …
- 吵：quarrel, fight
- 最后：in the end
- 决定：to decide
- 抬： lift
就这样过了几天，庙门前又来了个胖和尚，他请求能够住在这里。 小和尚和瘦和尚同意了， 便让胖和尚下山去挑水。
可是，胖和尚也不愿意去，三个和尚为此大吵了一架。 他们就这样一直僵持着， 全都坐在庙里，谁也不肯下山去挑水。
观音菩萨面前的净水瓶没人添水，花草都枯萎了。 老鼠出来偷东西吃，也没人管。
半夜，老鼠打翻了油灯，将寺庙烧着了。 三个和尚慌忙去水缸里打水救火。可水缸里一点水也没有。
In the midnight, a mouse tipped over the candle and set fire on the temple. Three monks hurried to fetch water from the water tank. However, there was no even a drop of water in the tank.
- 打
- 翻： to turn over
- 慌忙：to hurry
大火越烧越旺，寺庙最终被烧成了一堆废墟。 三个和尚看着被烧毁的寺庙，一个个后悔不已。
The fire became bigger and bigger. The temple eventually was burned unto ground. Three monks regretted so much when seeing the ruins of the burned temple.
- 最终： in the end, eventually, finally
- 废墟： ruins, relic, wreckage, heirloom, remains, havoc
- 后悔：to regret