伊索寓言 青蛙与牛(英文).docx

02Aesops Fables?The Frogs（青蛙）and the Ox（牛）Mum! Mum! Come quickly! called the little frog, hopping and skipping（跳） with excitement（兴奋）...?Come and see the monster（怪物）! He called.?It’s got two big spikes（穗、尖状物） sticking out of（伸出来） its head and a funny brush（刷子） thing at the other end and it goes OAR-RR AGH! And it kicks（踢） frogs. Not now dear, said the little frogs mother.Come on mum! Please!Mother frog looked more closely at the little one.?You re Stanley, aren t you?No mum, Im Zebadee. Are you really? You all look so alike（相似的、同样的）. She had 247 children, and it is hard to remember that many names, so she called everyone Stanley to give her memory a rest.Mu-ummm… cried Zebedee ,?I haven’t finished breakfast, dear. The little frog hesitated (犹豫) . Can I have some then?No, Stanley, she said. You’re not a tadpole（蝌蚪） any more. Go and find your own slugs（鼻涕虫） - and stop jiggling about（抖动、坐立不安）, youre giving me a head-ache. Im not jiggling about, Im hopping about.Well stop it. It looks like exercise, and I can’t be having with that sort（分类） of thing. How would it be if I were to flip and flop（蹦蹦跳跳） about like you, doing exercise? The little frog thought about it.?You wouldn t be so podgy（胖乎乎的） , he said.Exactly! said his mother. You don’t get a jelly-belly(肚子肿大的) like mine by exercising. I get all the exercise I need chewing（咀嚼）. Now, what s all the fuss （大惊小怪）about? ?It s an Ox! And it s really gross（粗俗的、显而易见的） and his shoes have split down the middle.（从中间裂开）There are no such things as monsters, Stanley, and no creature（生物） in the pond（池塘） is bigger than me.But it is bigger than you, mum. Lot s bigger. I promise（发誓）.Right! said his mum. Well see about that! Ill go with you, and if you are telling fibs（小谎） youll have no worms（虫） for a week.The damp hollow（潮湿的空地） she sat in was home to a good assortment（分类） of slugs.?But she had eaten too many of them. The big jelly-belly she was so proud of made it difficult to get about. Now she could only half-hop（蹦跳）, and flop（猛然坐下）,