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张晓英

■The Frogs and the Well

Two frogs lived together in a marsh. One hot summer the marsh dried up, so they had to leave it and look for another place.

They soon found a deep well.

One of them looked down and said to the other, “This is a nice cool place. Lets jump in and settle down here.”

The other frog was much wiser. He replied, “Dont be so fast, my friend. If this well dries up like the marsh, how should we get out again?”

■青蛙和井

两只青蛙住在沼泽里。在一个炎热的夏季，沼泽干涸了，因此他们不得不离开去寻找新的湿地。

他们很快发现一口深井。

其中一只向下看了看对另一只说：“这是个凉爽的好地方，就住这里吧。”

而另一只较明智，它说：“别着急，朋友，如果这口井也干了的话,我们怎么出来呢？”

寓意: 凡事应该首先考虑周到，然后再付诸行动。

■The Goose with the Golden Eggs

One morning a countryman went to his gooses nest, and saw a yellow and glittering egg there.

He took the egg home. To his delight, he found

that it was an egg of pure gold.

Every morning the same thing occurred, and

he soon became rich by selling his eggs.

The countryman became more and more greedy. He wanted to get all the golden eggs at once, so he killed the goose. When he looked inside, he found nothing in its body.

■生金蛋的鹅

一天早晨，一位农夫发现自家的鹅窝中有一只金灿灿的蛋。

他将蛋带回家，惊喜地发现这是一个金蛋。

此后，农夫每天都能得到一个金蛋。从此，他靠卖金蛋变得富有起来。

农夫变得越来越贪婪，他想一下子得到鹅肚子中所有的金蛋。于是他杀死了鹅，但是，鹅肚子中什么也没有。

寓意:如果不懂得知足，贪得无厌，我们就会失去已经拥有的东西。

■Save the Little Duck

A dog, a chick and a duck are good friends. One day, they are playing hide-and-seek. Its the dogs turn. He closes his eyes and tries to catch his friends. They are happy.

Suddenly, the duck falls into a deep hole. The dog and the chick cry, “Help!” A bird comes and says, “Lets ask the elephant to help.”

The elephant is playing near the river. Hearing the news, he runs to the hole quickly. The elephant puts his nose into the hole, but his nose isnt long enough. Then he thinks out a good idea. He goes back to the river and gets much water from it with his long nose.

Then the elephant puts the water into the hole. The hole is full of water, and the duck comes out.

This story tells us: Between the friendｓ, we should help mutually.

■救小鸭

小狗、小鸡和小鸭是好朋友。一天，他们在玩捉迷藏的游戏。该小狗了，他蒙上眼睛正准备追他的朋友。他们玩得很开心。

突然，小鸭子掉进了一个很深的洞里了。小狗和小鸡大叫到：“救命，救命！”一只小鸟飞过来说：“我们去请大象来帮忙吧。”

大象正在河边玩，听到这个消息后他马上跑去了。大象把他的鼻子伸进洞里，但是他的鼻子不够长。突然他想到了一个好主意。他回到河边，用他的长鼻子从河里吸了很多水。

接着大象把水喷进洞里，洞里装满了水，小鸭子终于得救了。

这个故事告诉我们：朋友之间应该互相帮助。