讀點(diǎn)好英文:The Toad Looks for Food 蟾蜍尋食

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2022年03月22日

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The Toad Looks for Food 蟾蜍尋食

It was new year once again. All the families in the village were busy preparing rice cakes to celebrate the new year.

In the village pond there lived a toad. When the snow began to fall, the toad left his home and went to live in the hilly area near the village.There he met a monkey.

One day, the monkey asked the toad，“How shall we steal some of the rice cakes to eat?”They talked about this for some time. In the end, they came up with an idea.They came down from the hills and went to the village.The monkey and the toad reached the village headman's house.Then they carried out their plan to steal the rice cakes.The monkey hid behind the door and waited for the chance to steal the rice cakes.Meanwhile, the toad moved away from the house and then jumped into the village well.

At that time, a servant of the village headman was busy cooking the rice cakes for the new year. She heard the sound of something falling into the well.She screamed loudly because she thought that her master's son had fallen into the well.She immediately left the wooden basins that contained the rice cakes on the table and ran towards the well.

The monkey, who had been hiding behind the door, quickly entered the house. He took a basin containing a rice cake and ran away towards the hills.Not long after, the toad met the monkey there.

The greedy and selfish monkey wanted to eat the rice cake all by himself. He did not want to share the rice cake with the toad.He told the toad that he would roll the basin downhill.“Whoever succeeds in getting the basin first can have the rice cake，”said the monkey.

“That's not fair，”replied the toad.“I can't run as fast as you.”

“You must race with me. If you don't, the whole rice cake will be mine.”said the monkey.

The toad did not have any choice but to agree to the monkey's plan.“All right, I agree，”the toad answered reIuctantIy.

“One, two, three！”rolling basin. They started racing.The basin began to roll downhill.

The monkey ran as fast as he could and was soon in front of the toad. He chased after the rolling basin.

Suddenly, the rice cake fell out of the basin and stopped beside a big rock.

“Thank God，”whispered the toad. He stopped at the hillside and began to eat the rice cake.

The monkey carried on chasing after the basin. When he finally reached the basin, he found it empty.The monkey was surprised and he climbed the hill once more.He soon found the toad eating the rice cake.He wanted to have a part of the rice cake too but he was too ashamed to ask for it.

He regretted trying to cheat his friend and finally went away.

新的一年即將到來(lái)。村子里家家戶戶都忙著準(zhǔn)備米糕來(lái)慶祝新春佳節(jié)。

在村子里的一個(gè)池塘里住著一只蟾蜍。當(dāng)開(kāi)始下雪時(shí)，蟾蜍便離開(kāi)自己的家園，移居到村子附近一個(gè)多山地區(qū)。在那里，蟾蜍碰見(jiàn)了一只猴子。

有一天，猴子對(duì)蟾蜍說(shuō)：“我們?yōu)槭裁床蝗ネ敌┟赘饣貋?lái)吃呢？”它們討論了好久，終于想出了一個(gè)辦法。于是它們下了山，走向村子。猴子和蟾蜍來(lái)到村長(zhǎng)的家，開(kāi)始它們的偷米糕計(jì)劃。首先，猴子躲在村長(zhǎng)家的大門(mén)后面，等機(jī)會(huì)入屋偷米糕。與此同時(shí)，蟾蜍則離開(kāi)屋子，跳入一口井內(nèi)。

村長(zhǎng)家的一名女工正忙著調(diào)制新年米糕。忽然聽(tīng)見(jiàn)外面“撲通”一聲，她以為主人的兒子掉入井里了，就大聲叫起來(lái)，并趕緊把裝有米糕的木盆放在桌上，奔向井邊。

躲在門(mén)后的猴子立刻潛入屋里，拿起裝著米糕的木盆便拼命地往山上跑。不久，蟾蜍也跑了回來(lái)和猴子會(huì)合。

貪心、自私的猴子想獨(dú)吞所有的米糕，不愿與蟾蜍分享。它跟蟾蜍說(shuō)讓木盆滾下山去。“誰(shuí)先搶到米糕的便可占為己有?！焙镒诱f(shuō)。

“那不公平，”蟾蜍說(shuō)，“我跑得沒(méi)你快。”

“所以你必須盡力而為??！要不然，全部米糕都將歸我所有啦！”猴子說(shuō)。

蟾蜍別無(wú)選擇，只好同意猴子的建議?！昂冒?！就這樣決定?！斌蛤軣o(wú)可奈何地說(shuō)道。

“一、二、三！”滾木盆比賽開(kāi)始了。那木盆率先滾下山去。

猴子拼命地跑，不一會(huì)兒就超過(guò)了蟾蜍，它拼命地追著木盆。

忽然，米糕從木盆中掉了出來(lái)，被一塊大石頭擋著。

“謝謝老天爺！”蟾蜍低聲說(shuō)，它停下來(lái)，開(kāi)始吃米糕。

猴子繼續(xù)追著木盆，當(dāng)追上木盆時(shí)，發(fā)現(xiàn)里邊竟然是空的！它莫明其妙，只好折了回去。不一會(huì)兒，它就看見(jiàn)蟾蜍正吃著米糕！饑腸轆轆的它也很想吃米糕，可是卻不好意思開(kāi)口。

它后悔欺騙了朋友，最后只好離開(kāi)了。