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个小又浅的池塘里。它熟悉池塘里的每一棵草，每一块石头，因而它能在池塘里自由自在地畅游。在这个池塘里数它是最大的动物，所以它非常自高自大。每当呱呱叫的时候，水蜗牛殷勤般地听着，水甲虫总是跟在它的身后。青蛙在这里生活行非常愉快。
一天，在青蛙捕虫的时候，一只漂亮的蜻蜓飞过这里。
“你是一只漂亮的青蛙，”她唱道，“但你为什么不住在一个更大的池塘里呢？” 到我们这里来吧！你在那儿会看到好多好多青蛙，会遇到漂亮的鱼儿，你还会看到挺凶的鸭子，你真该看看我们可爱的荷花。生活在一个大池塘里真是美妙极了！”
“可是这儿真有点乏味，”愚蠢的青蛙想。于是它就决定跟着晴蜓去了。
然而，青蛙并不喜欢那个又大又深的池塘。它长长满了希奇古怪的水草。水蛇对它很粗鲁，它对鸭子也害怕。鱼也不喜欢它。它是那里最小的青蛙，它感到非常的孤独和不愉快。
它蹲在一朵水百合上悲伤地叫着：“我真不喜欢这儿，我想我明天就回家。”
但是，一只饥饿的老鹰飞下去了来把它吞下去做了晚餐。
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