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LEV TOLSTOY SHORT STORY 13-2 Đây là một tác phẩm anh ngữ nổi tiếng với những từ vựng nâng cao chuyên ngành văn chương. Nhằm giúp các bạn yêu thich tiếng anh luyện tập và củng cố thêm kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh . | LEV TOLSTOY SHORT STORY Ivan the Fool P2 CHAPTER IV. The small devil finished with Simeon that night and according to agreement went to the assistance of his comrade who had charge of Ivan that he might help to conquer the Fool. He went to the field and searched everywhere but could find nothing but the hole through which the small devil had disappeared. Well this is strange he said something must have happened to my companion and I will have to take his place and continue the work he began. The Fool is through with his plowing so I must look about me for some other means of compassing his destruction. I must overflow his meadow and prevent him from cutting the grass. The little devil accordingly overflowed the meadow with muddy water and when Ivan went at dawn next morning with his scythe set and sharpened and tried to mow the grass he found that it resisted all his efforts and would not yield to the implement as usual. Many times Ivan tried to cut the grass but always without success. At last becoming weary of the effort he decided to return home and have his scythe again sharpened and also to procure a quantity of bread saying I will come back here and will not leave until I have mown all the meadow even if it should take a whole week. Hearing this the little devil became thoughtful saying That Ivan is a koolak hard case and I must think of some other way of conquering him. Ivan soon returned with his sharpened scythe and started to mow. The small devil hid himself in the grass and as the point of the scythe came down he buried it in the earth and made it almost impossible for Ivan to move the implement. He however succeeded in mowing all but one small spot in the swamp where again the small devil hid himself saying Even if he should cut my hands I will prevent him from accomplishing his work. When Ivan came to the swamp he found that the grass was not very thick. Still the scythe would not work which made him so angry that he worked with all his might and one .
