三年困难时期,我在洪泽湖西岸的半城中学读初中。有一次,一个同学向我讲述起半城这地名的来历。这是一个美丽的神话传说:古时候,湖畔有一户人家,嫂子是仙女下凡,与小姑相处得很好。这儿本没有城,一次,嫂子笑着对小姑说:“我能在一夜之间,在这儿造起一圈城墙来。”小姑不相信,与嫂子打起了赌:“你要是能办到,我能叫太阳从西边出！”姑嫂俩较起了真。晚饭后,嫂子升起在半空中,用围裙兜土造城。她那围 During the three-year difficult period, I was in junior high school in half-town on the west bank of Hongze Lake. Once, a classmate told me about the origin of this place name in the half-city. This is a beautiful myths and legends: In ancient times, there was a family of people at the lakeside. The sister-in-law was an immortal and got along well with her. There is no city here, once, my sister-in-law laughed and said to my little girl, “I can make a circle of wall here overnight.” I do not believe, I bet with sister-in-law: “If you can do it, I can call the sun out from the west! ”Aunt sister more true. After supper, my sister-in-law rose in the midst of the air and made a city with an apron pocket. Her circumference