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。