小马过河

武汉理工大学附属小学 熊罡供稿

One day,a colt took a bag of wheat to the mill.As he was running with the bag on his back,he came to a small river.一天，小马驮着麦子去磨坊。当他驮着口袋向前跑去时，突然发现一条小河挡住了去路。

The colt saw a cow grazing nearby He asked,“Aunt Cow,could you tell me if can cross the river?”The cow told him tha the river was not very deep,just to the knee.小马看见一头奶牛在河边吃草。小马问道：“牛阿姨，请您告诉我，我能过去吗？”奶牛回答说：“水很浅，刚到膝盖。”

The colt was crossing the river when a squirrelshouted, “Colt,stop！ You’llbe drowned！Oneofmyfriendswasdrownedhere yesterday.”Not knowing what to do,the colt wenthometoconsulthismom.小马正准备过河，突然一只松鼠叫道：“小马，别过河！你会被淹死的。昨天，我的一个伙伴就在这里淹死啦！”小马不知如何是好，于是决定回家问问妈妈。

He told his mom his experience on the way.His mother said,“My child,it’s not enough only to listen to others.You’d better go and try yourself.Then you’ll know what to do.”小马把路上的经历告诉了妈妈。妈妈说：“孩子，光听别人说是不行的，你自己亲自去试一试，就知道答案了。”

Later,atthe river,the squirrel stopped the colt again. “Little horse,it’s too dangerous! ”“No,I want to try myself”,answered the colt.Then he crossed the river carefully.小马回到河边，刚要下水，松鼠又大叫起来：“小马，你不要命啦!”小马说：“让我自己试试吧。”它一面回答一面下了河，小心地趟过了河。

On the other side of the river,the colt realized that the river was neither as shallow as the cow said nor as deep as the squirrel told him.原来河水既不像老牛说的那样浅，也不像松鼠说的那样深。