The forks poked and moved food.
叉子叉和移动食物。
The knives cut up food.
刀子切食物。
The spoons scooped up and moved food.
勺子舀起和移动食物。
But,the chopsticks couldn’t find a job that they could do.
但是，筷子找不到他们能够做的工作。
They couldn’t do anything alone.They only interfered with the others’ work.
我们不能单独做任何事情。他们只能妨碍其他人的工作。
The other utensils began to ignore the chopsticks.
其他的用具开始忽视筷子。
Soon,the chopsticks became sad. One day,all of the chopsticks gathered together to have a talk.
很快，筷子变得忧伤的。一天，所有的筷子聚集到一起讨论。
“Guys,we have to find a way to work. Why should we be ignored by the others?”
“伙计们，我们必须找到一种工作的方法。为什么我们一定要被其他人忽视呢?”
“Because we are useless.”
“因为我们没有。”
“No,we can find a way to be useful. Let’s think.”
“不，我们能找到一种有用的方法。让我们想想。”
They thought about it for a few days. One chopsticks thought of an idea. He called all of the chopsticks together,again.