086 牛与青蛙

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Once, a group of frogs lived in a little pond

从前，一群青蛙住在一个小池塘里。

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They lived there happily

他们在那里快乐地生活着。

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" Let's have a jumping contest

“我们来一场跳高比赛吧。

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I bet I can jump the highest."

我打赌我能跳得最高。”

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" You always want to show off. Go ahead

“你总是爱炫耀。来吧，

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Show us how high you can jump."

让我们看看你能跳多高。”

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Frog Al knew how to jump the highest

青蛙阿乐知道怎么跳得最高。

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He had learned how to bounce off a seaweed pod

他学会了如何借着海藻荚弹跳。

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This made him jump very high

这让他跳得很高。

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" Wow! How does he jump so high?"

“哇！他怎么跳得这么高？”

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All the other frogs wanted to jump high, but they could not jump higher than Frog Al did

其他的青蛙都想跳得高，但谁也没能比青蛙艾尔跳得更高。

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Frog Al was very proud

青蛙艾尔非常骄傲。

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" See, I am better than everyone else

“看，我比所有人都强。

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I am the greatest jumper."

我是最棒的跳跃者。”

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" I am sure that there is someone who is better than you

“我相信一定有人比你更强。

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Everyone has at least one weakness."

每个人都有至少一个弱点。”

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" Yeah, like diving

“是啊，比如潜水。

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I am sure one of us can dive further than you."

我相信我们中有人能潜得比你更远。”

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" Oh yeah? Okay then

“哦，是吗？那好吧。

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Let's have a diving contest!"

那我们就来一场潜水比赛吧！”

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All the frogs lined up on the edge of a rock to dive

所有青蛙在岩石边缘排好队，准备跳水。

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" Ready, set, dive!"

"各就各位，预备，跳！"

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When the other frogs jumped in, Al sank furthest to the bottom

当其他青蛙跳入水中时，艾尔沉到了最深处。

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" See, I told you

"看，我告诉过你们吧。

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I am better than everyone else

我比其他所有人都强。

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I am the greatest. Ha-ha-ha!"

我是最了不起的。哈哈哈！"

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" Well, maybe you are, but you should not boast so much."

"嗯，也许你确实如此，但你不应该这么爱吹嘘。"

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" Right. Al, you boast too much."

"就是。艾尔，你太爱吹嘘了。"

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One day the frogs were enjoying the sun

有一天，青蛙们正在晒太阳。

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A big ox came to drink at the pond

一头大公牛来到池塘边喝水。

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" Hey! Let's get out of here quickly

“嘿！咱们快离开这儿吧。

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There's a huge beast coming!"

有只巨大的野兽来了！”

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" Yeah! Let's hide until he leaves."

“对！咱们躲起来，等他离开。”

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But soon they found that the ox was harmless

但很快，他们发现那头公牛没有恶意。

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" He is only drinking the water."

“他只是在喝水而已。”

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So they all came out to admire him

于是，大家纷纷出来欣赏他。

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" Look how huge the beast is!"

“瞧这野兽多大个儿啊！”

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" Yeah, it would take hundreds of us to make one of him!"

“是啊，得成百上千个我们才能顶得上一个他！”

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" Huh! He's not so big

“哼！它也没多大。

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I can be as big as he is. Just watch!"

我也能变得和他一样大。看着吧！”

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Frog Al drew in a deep breath and puffed his belly out

青蛙艾尔深吸一口气，把肚子鼓了起来。

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" Ha-ha! You're very little, far too little! Ha-ha!"

“哈哈！你很小，实在太小了！哈哈！”

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" Ha-ha! You are not even bigger than his foot!"

“哈哈！你连他的脚大都没有！”

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" Not bigger? I can be as big as he is

“不够大？我能变得和他一样大。

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Just watch! Is this big enough?"

看着！这样够大吗？”

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" You're very little, still too little!"

“你很小，还是太小了！”

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" Too little? I can be as big as he is

“太小？我能变得和他一样大。

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How about this?

这样怎么样？

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Is this big enough?"

够大了吗？”

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" You're very little, far too little!

“你太小了，实在太渺小了！

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Still not big enough!"

还是不够大！”

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" What? Still not big enough?

“什么？还不够大？

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I can be as big as he is

我能变得和他一样大。

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Just watch! How about this?

看好了！这样如何？

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Is this big enough now?"

现在够大了吧？”

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" No, still not nearly big enough

“不，还是差得远呢。

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Now, you had better stop

你最好停下。

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You might burst your belly!"

你会撑破肚皮的！”

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The ox was watching the frog getting bigger and bigger

公牛看着青蛙变得越来越大。

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He thought it was very funny

觉得十分滑稽。

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Out of curiosity he stepped on the strange frog to see what would happen. Pop!

出于好奇，他踩了那只奇怪的青蛙一脚，想看看会怎样。噗！

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" Oh my! What a pity!

“哎呀！真可惜！

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His boasting cost him his life after all."

他的吹嘘终究害了自己的性命。”

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Then the frogs hopped sadly away

随后，青蛙们悲伤地跳走了。