想飛的小象

張亞麗

[英語原文]

On the third day after he was born， Little Elephant went with his mother to the banks of a stream， and there he saw a bird in the sky flying here and there. Little Elephant said： “If I could fly， I could see even more things， it would be great！”

In order to learn to fly， Little Elephant climbed a tree and， with a yelp of “Ai Yo！”， fell heavily to the ground.

Seeing this， the snake said： “Little elephant， we all have our own abilities. I cant fly， but I can sleep in a tree.”

Lion said： “I also cant fly， but I can jump across a wide river.”

Tiger said： “I cant fly， but I can swim！”

Little Elephants father and mother said to him： “We elephants have great strength， incomparably greater than that little birds.”

Little Elephant understood. He used his long nose as a hook and moved a large branch.

[漢語翻譯]

小象生下來的第三天，跟媽媽來到小河邊，看見一只小鳥在天空飛來飛去。小象想：“要是我也會飛，可以看到更多的東西，多好呀！”

為了學會飛，小象爬到樹上學飛，“哎喲”一聲，摔了一個大跟頭。

蛇看見了說：“小象，我們有自己的本事。我不會飛，可是，我會在樹上睡覺。”

獅子說：“我也不會飛，可是，我能跳過寬寬的大河。”

老虎說：“我不會飛，可是我會游泳！”

爸爸媽媽對小象說：“我們象的力氣大，這是小鳥不能比的。”

小象明白了。他用長鼻子一鉤，就把大木頭搬走了。

[思考板]

同學們，這個故事告訴我們，每個人都有自己的長處，不要盲目攀比，否則，會鬧笑話。