▸ 很久hěn jiǔ以前yǐ qián，天上tiān shàng突然tū rán出现chū xiàn十个shí gè太阳tài yáng！

Long ago, ten suns suddenly appeared in the sky!

▸ 大地dà dì被bèi烤kǎo得de冒烟mào yān，人们rén men热rè得de喘chuǎn不过bù guò气qì。

The earth was scorched and smoking, and people were so hot they couldn't breathe.

▸ 神箭手shén jiàn shǒu后羿hòu yì举起jǔ qǐ弓箭gōng jiàn，"嗖嗖嗖sōu sōu sōu"射下shè xià九个jiǔ gè太阳tài yáng。

The divine archer Houyi raised his bow and arrow, and with a "whoosh whoosh whoosh," shot down nine suns.

▸ 只zhǐ留liú一个yī gè照亮zhào liàng人间rén jiān。

He left only one to illuminate the world.

▸ 天帝tiān dì奖励jiǎng lì后羿hòu yì一颗yī kē长生不老药cháng shēng bù lǎo yào，说shuō："吃下chī xià就jiù能néng成仙chéng xiān！"

The Heavenly Emperor rewarded Houyi with an immortality pill, saying, "Eat this and you can become an immortal!"

▸ 后羿hòu yì把bǎ药yào交给jiāo gěi妻子qī zǐ嫦娥cháng é保管bǎo guǎn。

Houyi entrusted the pill to his wife Chang'e for safekeeping.

▸ 可是kě shì，坏huài徒弟tú dì蓬蒙péng méng偷偷tōu tōu想xiǎng抢qiǎng药yào。

However, the wicked disciple Peng Meng secretly wanted to steal the pill.

▸ 一天yī tiān晚上wǎn shang，蓬蒙péng méng趁chèn后羿hòu yì不在bú zài，举刀jǔ dāo冲进chōng jìn屋子wū zi："快kuài把bǎ仙药xiān yào交出来jiāo chū lái！"

One night, when Houyi was not home, Peng Meng rushed into the house with a knife, shouting, "Hand over the immortality pill!"

▸ 嫦娥cháng é急中生智jí zhōng shēng zhì，抓起zhuā qǐ药yào吞了tūn le下去xià qù！

In a moment of desperation, Chang'e grabbed the pill and swallowed it!

▸ 突然tū rán，她tā身子shēn zi变轻biàn qīng飘了piāo le起来qǐ lái，越yuè飞fēi越yuè高gāo。

Suddenly, her body became light and she floated up, flying higher and higher.

▸ 最后zuì hòu落到luò dào了le冷清lěng qīng的de月亮yuè liang上shàng。

Finally, she landed on the desolate moon.

▸ 后羿hòu yì回家huí jiā后hòu伤心shāng xīn极了jí le，每晚měi wǎn都dōu望着wàng zhe月亮yuè liang。

When Houyi returned home, he was heartbroken and gazed at the moon every night.

▸ 他tā发现fā xiàn月亮yuè liang上shàng有yǒu个gè晃动huàng dòng的de影子yǐng zi，就jiù像xiàng嫦娥cháng é在zài跳舞tiào wǔ。

He noticed a swaying shadow on the moon, as if Chang'e was dancing.

▸ 人们rén men说shuō，嫦娥cháng é身边shēn biān有yǒu只zhǐ雪白xuě bái的de玉兔yù tù陪péi她tā捣药dǎo yào。

People say that beside Chang'e, there is a snow-white jade rabbit accompanying her in pounding medicine.

▸ 还有hái yǒu棵kē永远yǒng yuǎn砍kǎn不bù倒dǎo的de桂树guì shù飘香piāo xiāng。

There is also an ever-fragrant osmanthus tree that can never be chopped down.

▸ 寓意yù yì：有时候yǒu shí hòu为了wèi le保护bǎo hù爱ài的de人rén，我们wǒ men需要xū yào勇敢yǒng gǎn的de牺牲xī shēng。即使jí shǐ分离fēn lí，美好měi hǎo的de记忆jì yì也yě会huì像xiàng月光yuè guāng一样yī yàng永远yǒng yuǎn明亮míng liàng。

Moral: Sometimes, to protect the ones we love, we need to make brave sacrifices. Even in separation, beautiful memories will shine forever like moonlight.

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