介绍:
The Frog and the Mouse 青蛙和老鼠
One day a Mouse goes to play at a nearby pond. There he meets a Frog. They start playing together and become instant friends.
Frog: We are best friends, aren’t we, Mouse?
Mouse: Of course, we are.
Why do you ask?
Frog: Well then, let’s always be together.
Mouse: How can we do that?
Frog: I have an idea.
Let’s tie our legs together with a string.
Then we can go everywhere together.
How about it?
Don’t you think it’ll be fun?
Mouse: Wow! That’s an interesting idea.
But it might be dangerous.
Frog: How come?
Mouse: Someone might get hurt.
Frog: You worry too much.
No one will get hurt.
It’ll be fun. Let’s try it.
Mouse: Okay. If you insist.
The Frog and the Mouse tie their legs together. They go everywhere together and do everything together.
Mouse: I’m hungry. Let’s go to the corn field.
I want to eat some corn.
Frog: Fine. Let’s go, but don’t run.
It’s hard to follow you.
Mouse: Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t know.
The Frog watches while the Mouse eats.
Mouse: Hey Frog, what shall we do next?
Frog: I don’t know. Let me think.
What can we do?
Hmm… Ah ha! I’ve got it!
Mouse: What is it?
Frog: Let’s play at my house.
Mouse: Where is your house?
Frog: It’s right over there.
Mouse: I can’t go there.
Frog: Why not?
Mouse: Because it’s underwater.
I can’t breathe underwater.
I can’t even swim well.
Frog: Oh, I didn’t know.
Then I’ll teach you.
Just hold on to me.
You won’t drown.
Besides, your legs are tied to mine.
Mouse: Will it be safe?
Frog: Of course, it’ll be safe.
Mouse: Are you sure?
Frog: Come on. Just follow me.
Mouse: Don’t jump in!!!
The Frog doesn’t listen to the Mouse. He just jumps into the pond. The Mouse drinks a lot of water.
Mouse: I told you not to jump in!
Frog: I’m sorry. I didn’t hear you.
Are you okay?
Mouse: Yes, but next time be careful.
Frog: All right. Now let’s swim to my house.
Just hold on to me.
Mouse: Hey, this is fun. I like swimming.
Frog: I told you.
The Frog and the Mouse swim for a while.
Mouse： I’m tire now.
I want to go out.
Frog: Come on, Mouse.
Let’s swim a little more.
I’m not tired.
I’m having fun.
Mouse: It’s getting late.
I don’t want to swim anymore.
The Frog and the Mouse fight. The frog gets mad and does as he pleases.
Frog： I don’t want to be your friend anymore.
You can go if you want.
Mouse: But how can I?
My legs are tied to yours.
Frog： That’s too bad!
The Frog just jumps into the water again. This time he doesn’t come out for a long time.
Frog: Hey, Mouse, are you okay?
There is no answer.
Frog: I guess he’s dead.
Too bad. I’ll just keep swimming.
The Frog doesn’t care about the dead Mouse. He just continues to swim underwater. Then a Hawk flies by.
Hawk: Ha, ha, ha. Look down there!
There’s a dead Mouse.
I must eat it for dinner.
The Hawk comes down fast. It snatches the Mouse and goes up again.
Frog: Hey, what happened! I’m flying!
The Frog looks up and sees the Hawk.
Frog: I’m not a Mouse! Let me go!
Hawk: Oh, I didn’t know you were there.
What luck!
Now I can eat a Mouse and a Frog for dinner.
Frog: No! No! Please, let me go!
The Frog tries to untie the string but fails. The Hawk eats both of them.
MORAL
If you harm others, you will also be harmed.
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