There was once a hunter(猎人) who , on the seventh birthday of his son, decided to go hunting to get something nice for his son. But as he reached for the gun on the wall, it fell down, and the barrel (枪管) was bent like the letter “L”.
“Father, that’s a bad sign,” cried the boy. “Please don’t go hunting today.”
“You are silly!” said the father. “That’s a good sign. ‘L’ means ‘Luck’.”
The father went to a mountain lake. There were thirteen wild ducks on the lake! Twelve were playing in the water, and the thirteenth was sleeping beside a rock..
“Great!” the hunter aimed at one of the ducks.
“Bang!” went the shot. Ah, but as the gun barrel was crooked(弯曲), the bullet went zigzag, zigzag, hitting all the twelve ducks in the water and then hitting the thirteenth sleeping duck.
The ducks didn’t die at the moment, so the hunter tried to catch them. When he finally held the last duck by the neck, it suddenly hit the water for the last time with its wings. The something jumped out of the water and landed near the bank---a huge fish!
小题1:Why did the hunter decide to go hunting?
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小题2:According to the father, what did “L” mean?
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小题3:What did the hunter get in the end?
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