黔驴技穷

A very long time ago, there were no donkeys in the province of Guizhou.

很久以前，贵州省没有驴。

Most people there did not know what a donkey looked like or what a donkey could do.

那里的大多数人不知道驴子长什么样，也不知道驴子能做什么。

One day, a government official returned to Guizhou from a trip.

一天，一位官员回到贵州。

With him, he had a donkey that he had bought to carry his luggage.

他带着一头驴，那是他买来驮行李的。

He didn’t have a stable at his house for the donkey.

他家里没有驴棚。

His house was next to the woods at the bottom of a mountain.

他的房子在山脚下的树林旁边。