The Foolish Frog
Once upon a time a big, fat frog lived in a tiny shallow pond. He knew every plant and stone in it ,an
d he could swim across it easily. He was the biggest creature in the pond, so he was very important. W
hen he croaked, the water snails listened politely, and the water beetles always swam behind him. He w
as very happy there.
One day, while he was catching files, a pretty dragon-fly passed by. "You're a very fine frog," she sa
ng,but why don't you live in a bigger pond? Come to my pond. You'll find a lot of frogs there. You'll
neet some fine fish, and you'll see the dangerous ducks. And you must see our lovely water-
lilies. Life in a large pond is wonderful!"
"Perhaps it is rather dull here," thought the foolish frog. So he hopped after the dragon-dry.
But he didn't like the big, deep pond. It was full of stragne plants. The water snails were rude to hi
m, and he was afraid of the ducks. The fish didn't like him, and he was the smallest froh there. He wa
s lonely and unhappy.
He sat on a water-lily leaf and cuoaked sadly to himself. "I don't like it there. I think I'll go home
tomorrow."
But a hungry heron flew down and swallwed him up for supper.
很久以前，一只又大又肥的青蛙住在一個小又淺的池塘里。它熟悉池塘里的每一棵草，每一塊石頭，因而它能在池塘里自由自在地暢游。在這個池塘里數它是最大的動物，所以它非常自高自大。每當呱呱叫的時候，水蝸牛殷勤般地聽著，水甲蟲總是跟在它的身后。青蛙在這里生活行非常愉快。
一天，在青蛙捕蟲的時候，一只漂亮的蜻蜓飛過這里。
“你是一只漂亮的青蛙，”她唱道，“但你為什么不住在一個更大的池塘里呢？” 到我們這里來吧！你在那兒會看到好多好多青蛙，會遇到漂亮的魚兒，你還會看到挺兇的鴨子，你真該看看我們可愛的荷花。生活在一個大池塘里真是美妙極了！”
“可是這兒真有點乏味，”愚蠢的青蛙想。于是它就決定跟著晴蜓去了。
然而，青蛙并不喜歡那個又大又深的池塘。它長長滿了希奇古怪的水草。水蛇對它很粗魯，它對鴨子也害怕。魚也不喜歡它。它是那里最小的青蛙，它感到非常的孤獨和不愉快。
它蹲在一朵水百合上悲傷地叫著：“我真不喜歡這兒，我想我明天就回家。”
但是，一只饑餓的老鷹飛下去了來把它吞下去做了晚餐。
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