Meanwhile, she finished translating another of her reading material piece from English to Chinese. She genuinely likes to do this, even though it's not part of her homework assignments. This is a rather long fairy tale and she did a great job:
Her translation:
Mountain Sun
Once upon a time, there were two brothers. The older brother was very rich. The younger brother was very poor. One afternoon, the younger brother was at work in the field. Suddenly, a big bird flew by him, and told him, “Young fellow, do you want to see Mountain Sun?” The younger brother said, “Of course!” “Good, you ride on my back, and I’ll take you there.”
The big bird carried the younger brother to Mountain Sun. The younger brother took a glance, and wow, there was gold everywhere! The big bird said, “Young fellow, you can get a few pieces of the gold, but not too much. The Sun will be back soon, so you can’t stay too long.” The younger brother got two small pieces of gold, and went back home on the big bird. Because of the pieces of gold, his life slowly became better.
The older brother found out about this, and came to his younger brother’s field. The big bird flew by again and asked him, “Young fellow, do you want to see Mountain Sun?” The older brother said, “Of course!” “Good, you ride on my back, and I’ll take you there.”
The big bird carried the older brother to Mountain Sun. The big bird said, “Young fellow, you can take a few pieces of gold, but not too much. The Sun will be back soon, so you can’t stay too long.” The older brother took out the bag he had prepared, and started filling the bag with gold. He kept filling, and filling. The big bird said, “We must go now! The sun will be here very soon!” The older brother pretended not to hear the big bird’s words, so he kept filling the bag. The big bird said again, “Hurry up and go! If you don’t go, then I will be going!” The older brother said, “Wait! I still don’t have enough yet!”
At that moment, the sun came back. The big bird flew away in a SWOOSH! Because the older brother couldn’t catch up with the big bird, he was burned to death by the Sun.
The Original:
太阳山
从前有兄弟俩，哥哥很富，弟弟却很穷。
有一天下午，弟弟正在地里忙着。忽然，一只大鸟飞到他身旁，对他说：“小伙子，你想不想到太阳山去看看？”弟弟说：“当然想啊！”“那好，你就骑在我身上，我来带你去。”
大鸟带着弟弟来到太阳山。弟弟一看，呀，满地都是金子！大鸟说：“小伙子，你可以拿几块金字回去，但是不要拿太多。太阳很快就要回来了，你不能在这里留太久。”弟弟拿了两小块金子，就骑着大鸟回家了。有了金子，他的日子慢慢好起来。
这件事被哥哥知道了，他来到弟弟的地里。大鸟又飞来了。它问哥哥：“小伙子，你想不想到太阳山去看看？”哥哥说：“当然想！”“那好，你就骑在我的身上，我来带你去。”
大鸟带着哥哥来到了太阳山。大鸟说：“小伙子，你可以拿几块金字回去，但是不要拿太多。太阳很快就要回来了，你不能在这里留太久。”哥哥拿出早已准备好的袋子，开始往里面装金子。装啊装啊，大鸟说：“我们得走了！太阳马上就要回来了！”哥哥好像没有听见大鸟的话，还在那里装。大鸟又催他说：“快走吧，你不走，我可要走啦！”哥哥说：“等等！我还没装够！”
这时候，太阳回来了。大鸟呼的一下就飞走了，哥哥因为赶不上大鸟，就被火热的太阳烧死了。
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