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英语小故事60字：曹冲称象
LONG AGO in China the Emperor received a fine and wondrous gift from a country far away. It was an elephantthe largest and most extraordinary creature anyone in the land had ever seen.
"I wonder how much the creature weighs," said the Emperor, and he sent for his royal servant.
"Your Majesty," the servant replied, trembling, "I know not how this fine creature could be weighed. Surely we have no scales large enough to weigh such an enormous beast.
"Father, I know how you can weigh the elephant," said the Emperor's eightyear old son.
Everyone at the royal court turned in amazement. How could such a young person figure out a solution?
This was the clever boy's idea:
He sent a boat onto the ocean with the elephant on board. He told the sailors to mark the waterline on the boat, th