伊索寓言 03飛行的烏龜 The Flying Turtle
One bright sunny morning, Mr. Turtle gets bored in the water. He plans to go out on the shore.
Turtle: I am tired of swimming all day. I’ll go out on the shore today.
Fish: Good morning, Mr. Turtle. Where are you going so early?
Turtle: Well, I’m going out of the water. I plan to walk along the shore.
Fish: On the shore?! I envy you, Mr. Turtle.
Turt le: Why is that?
Fish: Well, if I go out of the water, I’ll die. So you are very lucky. Please tell me about the outside world. What is out there?
Turtle: Well, Mrs. Fish, there is so much to see. I don’t know where to begin. First, there are trees and mountains. Second, there are houses and people. Third, there is the sky.
Fish: Tell me about the sky!
Turtle: It is blue and beautiful.It is also bigger than the sea.You can see everything from there.But you must fly.
Fish: You are lucky, Mr. Turtle.But can you fly, too?
Turtle: Well, uh…Of Course.It’s easy.I’ll teach you someday.
Fish: Really?You promise?
Turtle: I must go now. I’m a little busy today. I’ll talk to you later.
Fish: Okay. I’m sorry. Please go now. I’ll see you later. Have a nice day.
Turtle: Thank you. You too. Bye. Bye.
Mrs. Fish and Mr. Turtle part. Mr. Turtle is out on the shore. He walks around.
Turtle: Look at all those trees. It’s so beautiful here. Hey, what’s that? It’s a bird. Look at it fly. Birds are so lucky. I wish I were a bird. I wish I could fly, too.
Just then, a little butterfly lands on a flower for a moment. Then it flies away again.
Turtle: It’s so unfair. Even that little butterfly can fly. Why can’t I ? I want to fly, too.
Eagle: Hello there, Mr. Turtle. What did you just say?
Turtle: Oh, it’s you, Mrs. Eagle. I said I want to fly. Hey. Perhaps, you can teach me?
Eagle: Ha, ha, ha. You must be joking. How can a turtle fly?
Turtle: Why not? You can teach me.
Eagle: That’s nonsense. You don’t even have wings. And you are too heavy.
Turtle: Why do I need wings?
Eagle: You need wings to fly.
Turtle: Oh no. Boo-hoo. Then I can’t fly?
Eagle: No.But you can swim. I can’t. So cheer up.
Turtle: How about this, Mrs. Eagle?
Eagle: What?
Turtle: Can you take me up?
Eagle: It’s too dangerous.
Turtle: Oh, please! Just this once. I want to see the land and the sea from the sky. I’ll do anything for you.
Eagle: Well, I don’t know. It’s dangerous up there. What if you fall?
Turt le: Don’t worry.
I’ll hold on tight.
I’ll be careful.
The turtle keeps begging. The Eagle cannot say “no” any longer. She agrees to take the Turtle up into the sky.
Eagle: Okay, Mr. Turtle. Just this once. Never again.
Turtle: Oh, thank you so much.
Eagle: Okay, now hold on tight. Let’s go up.One,two,three.Whee…
The Eagle takes the Turtle up into sky.
Turtle: Oh my goodness!It’s scary up here.
Eagle: Are you okay? Do you want to go back down?
Turtle: No, no.I’m fine now.Look below.It’s so beautiful.I feel like I’m flying.
Eagle: Okay. Let’s go down now.
Turtle: No. No.I want to go up higher.
Eagle: It’s too dangerous.
The turtle insists. So the Eagle takes him up even higher.
Turtle: It is so wonderful up here.I think I can fly by myself now.
Eagle: What?!Are you crazy?You can’t fly by yourself!
Turtle: Yes, I can.I’ll show you.Please, let me go.
Eagle: As you please.But I warned you.Good luck.
The Eagle lets go and the Turtle starts to go down. The Fish sees the Turtle falling down.
Turtle: What’s happening? Why am I not flying? Oh no!!! I should have stayed on the land.
Fish: Hey, why isn’t Mr. Turtle flying? He is coming down really fast. Be careful, Mr. Turtle! There’s a big rock below. (splash and crack)
The Turtle lands on a big rock and his back breaks into a thousand pieces.
Fish: Poor Mr. Turtle. I don’t envy him anymore.
MORAL : Know your limits. 要有自知之明。
飛行的烏龜
在一個(gè)春光明媚的早晨，烏龜先生在水里感到無聊。他打算要上岸去。
烏龜：我已經(jīng)厭煩整日游泳了。我今天要到岸上去。
魚： 早上好，烏龜先生。這么早你要去哪里？
烏龜：我要離開水里。我要一個(gè)人到岸上去。
魚： 岸上？我好羨幕你呀，烏龜先生。
烏龜：為什么？
魚： 嗯，如果我離開水的話，會(huì)死掉。所以你的命真好。
告訴我關(guān)于外面世界的事。外面有什么？
烏龜：魚太太，外面有很多好看的東西。 我不知道從哪里說起。第一，有樹木有高山。第二，有房子和人
類。第三， 有天空。
魚： 告訴我關(guān)于天空的事。
烏龜：它又藍(lán)又美。它也比大海還要廣大。從那里你可以看到所有的東西。但是你必須會(huì)飛翔。
魚： 你好幸運(yùn)，烏龜先生。但是你也會(huì)飛嗎？
烏龜：這個(gè)嘛，哦。。。。。。。當(dāng)然。那很簡(jiǎn)單。改天我教你。
魚： 真的？ 你發(fā)誓？
烏龜：我現(xiàn)在得走了。我今天有點(diǎn)忙。晚點(diǎn)再跟你聊。
魚： 好的。我很抱歉。請(qǐng)慢走。待會(huì)兒見。祝你有個(gè)愉快的一天。
烏龜：謝謝。你也是。再見。
魚太太跟烏龜先生各自己離去。烏龜先生到了岸上。
他四處閑逛。
烏龜：看看這些樹。這里是多么美麗啊。嘿。那是什么？
那是只鳥?？此w翔的樣子。鳥兒們是如此的幸運(yùn)。
我希望我是只鳥。我希望我也能飛。
這時(shí)候，有只小蝴蝶停在花朵上一會(huì)兒。然后又再度飛走。
烏龜：真不公平。連一只小蝴蝶都會(huì)飛。為什么我不可以？我也想要飛。
老鷹：你好，烏龜先生。你剛剛說什么？
烏龜：噢，是你啊，老鷹太太。我說我想飛。嘿! 或許你可以教我？
老鷹：哈!哈!哈!你在開玩笑吧!一只烏龜是怎么飛呢？
烏龜：為什么不行？你可以教我呀、
老鷹：無稽之談。你連接翅膀都沒有。而且你太重了。
烏龜：為什么我要有翅膀？
老鷹：你要有翅膀才能飛啊!
烏龜：哦，不! 嗚-----嗚------那么我不能飛。
老鷹：不能。但是你能游泳。我不會(huì)。所以開心點(diǎn)。
烏龜：那這樣好不好，老鷹太太？
老鷹：什么？
烏龜：你可以帶我上去嗎？
老鷹：那太危險(xiǎn)了。
烏龜：哦，拜托!只有這一次。我想要從空中看陸地和海洋。我會(huì)為你做任何事情的。
老鷹：嗯，我不知道啊。在上面很危險(xiǎn)的。如果你掉下來的話？
烏龜：別擔(dān)心。我會(huì)抓緊。我會(huì)小心的。
烏龜不斷地懇求。老鷹再無法說“不” 。她答應(yīng)帶烏
龜?shù)教炜铡?br />
老鷹：好吧，烏龜先生。就這一次。下不為例。
烏龜：哦，感激不盡。
老鷹：好啦，現(xiàn)在抓緊了。我們上去吧! 一、二、三、嘎-------
老鷹帶著烏龜飛到天空中。
烏龜：我的天啊!上面好恐怖啊!
老鷹：你還好嗎？你要回到下面嗎？
烏龜：不，不! 我現(xiàn)在很好。看看下面。多么地美麗啊! 我覺得我好像在飛。
老鷹：好啦，我們現(xiàn)在下去吧。
烏龜：不，不要。我還要到更高的地方。
老鷹：那太危險(xiǎn)了。
烏龜堅(jiān)持著。所以老鷹帶他到了更高的地方。
烏龜：這里實(shí)在太棒了。我想現(xiàn)在我可以靠自己飛了。
老鷹：什么？! 你瘋了嗎？你無法自己飛的.
烏龜：不，我可以。我飛給你看。請(qǐng)放開我。
老鷹：遵命。不過我可是警告過你了。祝好運(yùn)。
老鷹將烏龜放開，而烏龜開始往下掉。魚看到烏龜落下
烏龜：發(fā)生什么事了？為什么我沒有飛起來？哦，不! 我應(yīng)該待在陸地上的。
魚： 嘿，為什么烏龜先生不飛呢？他掉落得好快。小心，烏龜先生。下面有顆大石頭。(吭隆框啷)
烏龜墜落在一顆大石頭上，而他的背摔成千百個(gè)碎片。
魚： 可憐的烏龜先生。我再也不羨幕他了。
