The Ox and the Frog

　　Once，a group of frogs lived in a little pond.

　　They lived there happily.

　　“Let’s have a jumping contest.I bet I can jump the highest.”

　　“You always want to show off.Go ahead.Show us how high you can jump.”

　　Frog AI knew how to jump the highest.

　　He had learned how to bounce off a seaweed pod.

　　This made him jump very high.

　　“Wow！How does he jump so high？”All the other frogs wanted to jump high but they could not jump higher than Frog AI did.Frog AI was very pround.

　　“See，I am better than everyone else.I am the greatest jumper.””I am sure that there is someone who is better than you.Everyone had at least one weakness.”

　　“Yeah，I like diving.I am sure one of us can dive further than you.””Oh，yeah？OK，then.Let’s have a diving contest！”

　　All the frogs line up on the edge of a rock to dive.

　　“Ready，set，dive！”When the other frogs jumped in，

　　AI sank furthest to the bottom.

　　“See，I told you.I am better than everyone else.

　　I am the greatest.Ha！Ha！Ha！”

　　“Well，maybe you are，but you should not boast so much.”

　　“Right.AI，you boast too much.”

　　One day，the frogs were enjoying the sun.

　　A big ox came to drink at the pond.

　　“Hey！Let’s get out of here quickly.There’s a huge beast coming！””Yeah！Let’s hide until he leaves.”

　　But soon，，they found that the ox was harmless.

　　“He is only drinking the water.”So，the all came out to admire him.”Look how huge the beast is！””Yeah，it would take hundreds of us to make one of him！”

　　“Huh！He’s not so big.I can be as big as he is.Just watch！”

　　Frog AI drew in a deep breath and puffed his belly out.

　　“Ha！Ha！You’re very little，far too little！Ha！Ha！”

　　“Ha！Ha！You are not even bigger than his foot！”

　　“Not bigger？I can be as big as he is.Just watch！

　　Is this big enough？”

　　“You’re very little，still too little！”

　　“Too little？I can be as big as he is.

　　How about this？Is this big enough？”

　　“You’re very little，far too little！Still not big enough！”

　　“What？Still not big enough？I can be as big as he is.

　　Just watch！How about this？Is this big enough，now？”

　　“No，still not nearly big enough.

　　Now，you had better stop.You might burst your belly！”

　　The ox was watching the frog getting bigger and bigger.

　　He thought is was very funny.Out of curiosity，he stepped

　　on the strange frog to see what would happen.

　　“Pop！””Oh，my！What a pity！

　　His boasting cost him his life，after all.”

　　Then，all the frogs hopped sadly away.

　　譯文：

　　牛和青蛙

　　從前，有一群青蛙居住在一個小池塘。

　　他們在那里快樂地居住著。

　　“我們來一個跳高比賽。我打賭我能跳的最高。”

　　“你總是想要炫耀。開始。讓我們看看你

　　能跳多高。”

　　青蛙艾知道怎樣跳的最高。

　　他已經學會了彈跳過海藻群。

　　這使他跳得非常高。

　　“哇！他怎么跳得這么的高啊？”其他的青蛙

　　想要跳的高但是他們不能跳的比青蛙艾更高。

　　青蛙艾非常自豪。

　　“看，我比其他青蛙都好。我是最棒的跳高者。”

　　“我確信有人比你更好。每個人最終都有弱點。”

　　“是的，我喜歡潛水我確信我們中有人能潛的比你遠。”“哦，是么？好吧，那么讓我們來一個潛水比賽！”

　　所有的青蛙在一塊石頭邊上排起了隊來潛水。

　　“預備，就位，跳水！”當其他青蛙跳入的時候，

　　青蛙艾下潛得最遠到了底部。

　　“看，我告訴過你們。我是比其他青蛙都好的。

　　我是最棒的。哈！哈！哈！”

　　“嗯，也許你是，但是你不應該如此吹噓。”

　　“對。艾，你吹噓地過分了。”

　　一天，青蛙們正在享受陽光。

　　一頭大牛來到池塘喝水。

　　“嘿！讓我們快離開這里。有一頭巨大的牲畜來了！”

　　“是啊！讓我們藏起來直到他離開。”

　　但是很快，他們發現牛是沒有危害的。

　　“他只是在喝水。”于是，他們全部出來羨慕他。

　　“瞧著頭牲畜多大！”“是啊，上百只我們才能組成一個他！”

　　“哼！他不是那么大。我能和他一樣大�？�！”

　　青蛙艾深深吸了口氣，鼓起了他的肚子。

　　“哈！哈！你是非常小的，如此��！哈！哈！”

　　“哈！哈！你甚至沒有他的腳大！”

　　“不更大？我能成為象他一樣大�？�！

　　這個足夠大了吧？”

　　“你是非常小，仍然太�。�”

　　“太�。课夷芎退�一樣大。

　　這樣如何？這樣足夠大嗎？”

　　“你是太小了，小多了！仍然不是足夠大！”

　　“什么？仍然不是足夠大？我能和他一樣大。

　　看！這個怎么樣？現在足夠大了嗎？”

　　“不，仍然不是足夠大。

　　現在，你最好停下來。你會使你的肚子爆炸的！”

　　牛正在注視著這只越來越大的青蛙。

　　他認為非常有趣。除了好奇以外，他走向這只

　　奇怪的青蛙看看什么將會發生。

　　“啵！”“哦，我的天！多么遺憾！

　　他的吹噓最終以他的生命為代價。”

　　然后，所有的青蛙悲傷地跳走了。

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