英文童話故事：鸚雀笑鵬

　　As the legend goes, during ancient times, in the expansive open country of North China, there was a kind of birds called "rocs".

　　The roc was very huge, with its back like a big mountain, and its wings like a stretch of cloud which could cover the sky. When it spread its wings, it could break through a storm and soar at a height of 90,000 li (1/2 kilometre) in the sky towards the sea in the south.

　　A small bird called the quail1 bounced on the ground, free and happy. It looked up at the roc soaring in the sky and couldn't help laughing: "Hey, see how cocky you are! Look at me, one jump can take me over 10 chi. How delightful2! Every day I come and go amid these weeds and thickets3 and fly freely. Don't I fly quite well too? But, where can you fly to anyway?"

　　傳說，古時候中國北方的原野上有一種鳥，它的名字叫“鵬”。

　　鵬長得很大，背脊像一座大山，翅膀像一大片云，能把天空遮住。它張開翅膀能沖破風(fēng)暴，在九萬里高的天空中飛翔，一直飛向南方的大海。

　　有一只叫鸚雀的小鳥，在地上蹦蹦跳跳，自由自在，非?？旎睢Ｋ炜罩姓钩犸w翔的大鵬，忍不住發(fā)笑，說：“咳，看你神氣活現(xiàn)的!我呀，一蹦一跳，就有十幾尺，多么痛快啊!我每天在這些雜草和樹叢里，來來去去，自由飛翔，不也飛得挺好嗎?可是，你又能飛到哪里去呢?”