很久以前，有一粒小水滴听东海爷爷讲有关东海的故事。它知道东海用千里之遥，不能形容海的辽阔，用千仞之高，不足以形容海的深度。它非常羡慕东海。

于是，它问东海爷爷：“东海爷爷，为什么东海那么辽阔还那么深呢？”东海爷爷告诉它：“我以前也是一粒小水滴，我和许多伙伴们日夜不停地奔流，小伙伴汇集融合在一起，就成了一条小溪，但我们没有停止脚步，继续日夜不停的地向前奔流，然后又成了江河，最后许多江河汇集在一起，就成了大海，形成了现在的东海。”小水滴又问：“我们真的有那么大的力量吗？可以变成小溪，变成江河，变成大海吗？”东海爷爷回答道：“当然可以啦！不积小流无以成江河，所以你们都可以成为大海的。还有，成海以后，不要忘记小水滴的存在，更不要轻视小水滴的力量，它可是我们生命的源泉啊！没有它，就没有我们。”

小水滴记住了东海爷爷的话，最后终于成为了著名的南海。

A long time ago, and has a small drop of water in the East China Sea listening to the story of the East China Sea Grandpa stresses. It is aware of the East China Sea using miles apart, can not be described in a vast sea, with 1000 960 high enough to describe the depth of the sea. It is very envious¹ of the East China Sea. Therefore, it asked the East China Sea grandfather : "Grandpa East. Why then has the vast East China Sea so deep? "East grandfather told it :" I also another little drop of water, I and many partners around the clock to muddy pool together a small partnership², it becomes a small stream. But we do not stop pace, the United States is continuing to pour forward, and then became rivers. Finally many rivers come together, it becomes a sea, the formation of the East China Sea. "small drop asked : "We really have so much power? can be turned into a stream, into a river into the sea? "East Grandpa replied : "Of course not! can not become small rivers flow, so you can become the sea. Also, into the sea, Do not forget the existence of small water droplets³, not to overlook⁴ the power of small water droplets, but it is the source of our life! Without it, We would not. "small drop in the East China Sea remember his grandfather, finally became the famous South China Sea.