一个善举

Sheru， the king of jungle1， died one day， and now the animals in the jungledid not have a king. There was no discipline2 in the jungle. All animalsfollowed their own rules. Some animals began to say that when king was there，everything was well. Now it was difficult to live in the jungle. If any outsidercame to attack3， what would happen？

有一天，丛林之王谢鲁死了，现在丛林中的动物们没有国王了。丛林里没有纪律。所有的动物都遵循自己的规则。一些动物开始说，当国王还在的时候，一切都很好。现在在丛林中生活很困难。如果有外人来攻击，会发生什么？

Bholu bear came ahead with an idea. He said to the animals， “We canhold an election4， to select5 our king.”All of them agreed with Bholu bear， butthe problem was that everyone thought themselves as a king. Pihu peacockthought of a way out and said， “Whoever wants to stand for election has to dosome allotted6 work in a timely and good manner.”Everyone agreed with Pihu.

狗熊博鲁想出了一个主意。他对动物们说：“我们可以举行选举，选出我们的国王。”他们都同意狗熊博鲁的主意，但问题是每个人都认为他们自己是国王。孔雀皮胡想了个办法，说：“谁想参加竞选，就要及时、出色地完成一些指定的工作。”大家都同意皮胡的意见。

Every applicant7 was given work according to their skill. Robin fox wasgiven the job to clear the dust from the forest. Monu monkey was asked to clearthe spider webs. Ghanu elephant was given the job to fill the holes in the groundwith stones. Renu rabbit was asked to clean the grass around the trees.

每个申请（成为国王的）人都根据自己的技能被分配了工作。狐狸罗宾被分配了清扫森林尘土的工作。猴子莫努被要求清理蜘蛛网。大象加努被派去用石头填平地上的洞。兔子雷努被要求清理树周围的草地。

Few days passed. All the animals and birds gathered to see the progress.Renu， Monu and Robin had completed their work. But Ghanu elephant did notput stones in the hole. The question was raised about whose work was to becelebrated. Renu rabbit came up with an idea， and let animals vote8 for theseapplicants. Whoever got the maximum9 votes would be their next king.

几天过去了。所有的动物和鸟类都聚集在一起看看进展。雷努、莫努和罗宾已经完成了他们的工作。但大象加努并没有把石头放进洞里。有人提出了谁的工作值得赞颂的问题。兔子雷努想出了一个主意，让动物们投票给这些申请人。谁得票最多，谁就是他们的下一任国王。

The next day， all the animals gathered together to vote. Voting wascompleted nicely， and the vote counting started. Ghanu was ahead in thecounting and secured10 more votes. Finally， Ghanu was declared11 as the winner.

第二天，所有的动物聚集在一起投票。投票顺利完成，计票工作开始了。加努在计票中领先，获得了更多选票。最后，加努被宣布为获胜者。

Everyone was surprised. At that time Eagle， the king of birds， said，“Youall are surprised how Ghanu elephant won？ Correct！ The reason is that everyday Ghanu brought stones near the hole according to his assignment12， but hesaw that the eagle’s eggs were in the hole. Ghanu gave up his wish to becomeking and saved the eagle’s egg by his caring act. As you know， in the junglethere are many birds. So Ghanu got the most votes and became the king of thejungle. Learning from Ghanu’s example， we the birds have decided to be kindto others， and to care for each other.”

大家都很惊讶。这时，鸟王老鹰说：“你们都很惊讶大象加努是怎么赢的？没错！原因是加努每天都按照他的任务把石头带到洞附近，但他看到鹰的蛋在洞里。加努放弃了成为国王的愿望，通过他的关爱拯救了鹰蛋。正如你们所知，丛林中有许多鸟。所以加努获得了最多的选票，成为了丛林之王。向加努学习，我们鸟类决定善待他人，相互关爱。”

After listening to this， everyone accepted Ghanu as the king. A simple actof kindness by Ghanu made him the leader by winning the hearts of hisfollowers.

听了这些，大家都接受加努为国王。加努的一个简单的善举赢得了追随者的心，使他成为了领袖。