伊索寓言 03飛行的烏龜 The Flying Turtle
One bright sunny morning, Mr. Turtle gets bored in the water. He plans to go out on the shore.
Turtle: I am tired of swimming all day. I’ll go out on the shore today.
Fish: Good morning, Mr. Turtle. Where are you going so early?
Turtle: Well, I’m going out of the water. I plan to walk along the shore.
Fish: On the shore?! I envy you, Mr. Turtle.
Turt le: Why is that?
Fish: Well, if I go out of the water, I’ll die. So you are very lucky. Please tell me about the outside world. What is out there?
Turtle: Well, Mrs. Fish, there is so much to see. I don’t know where to begin. First, there are trees and mountains. Second, there are houses and people. Third, there is the sky.
Fish: Tell me about the sky!
Turtle: It is blue and beautiful.It is also bigger than the sea.You can see everything from there.But you must fly.
Fish: You are lucky, Mr. Turtle.But can you fly, too?
Turtle: Well, uh…Of Course.It’s easy.I’ll teach you someday.
Fish: Really?You promise?
Turtle: I must go now. I’m a little busy today. I’ll talk to you later.
Fish: Okay. I’m sorry. Please go now. I’ll see you later. Have a nice day.
Turtle: Thank you. You too. Bye. Bye.
Mrs. Fish and Mr. Turtle part. Mr. Turtle is out on the shore. He walks around.
Turtle: Look at all those trees. It’s so beautiful here. Hey, what’s that? It’s a bird. Look at it fly. Birds are so lucky. I wish I were a bird. I wish I could fly, too.
Just then, a little butterfly lands on a flower for a moment. Then it flies away again.
Turtle: It’s so unfair. Even that little butterfly can fly. Why can’t I ? I want to fly, too.
Eagle: Hello there, Mr. Turtle. What did you just say?
Turtle: Oh, it’s you, Mrs. Eagle. I said I want to fly. Hey. Perhaps, you can teach me?
Eagle: Ha, ha, ha. You must be joking. How can a turtle fly?
Turtle: Why not? You can teach me.
Eagle: That’s nonsense. You don’t even have wings. And you are too heavy.
Turtle: Why do I need wings?
Eagle: You need wings to fly.
Turtle: Oh no. Boo-hoo. Then I can’t fly?
Eagle: No.But you can swim. I can’t. So cheer up.
Turtle: How about this, Mrs. Eagle?
Eagle: What?
Turtle: Can you take me up?
Eagle: It’s too dangerous.
Turtle: Oh, please! Just this once. I want to see the land and the sea from the sky. I’ll do anything for you.
Eagle: Well, I don’t know. It’s dangerous up there. What if you fall?
Turt le: Don’t worry.
I’ll hold on tight.
I’ll be careful.
The turtle keeps begging. The Eagle cannot say “no” any longer. She agrees to take the Turtle up into the sky.
Eagle: Okay, Mr. Turtle. Just this once. Never again.
Turtle: Oh, thank you so much.
Eagle: Okay, now hold on tight. Let’s go up.One,two,three.Whee…
The Eagle takes the Turtle up into sky.
Turtle: Oh my goodness!It’s scary up here.
Eagle: Are you okay? Do you want to go back down?
Turtle: No, no.I’m fine now.Look below.It’s so beautiful.I feel like I’m flying.
Eagle: Okay. Let’s go down now.
Turtle: No. No.I want to go up higher.
Eagle: It’s too dangerous.
The turtle insists. So the Eagle takes him up even higher.
Turtle: It is so wonderful up here.I think I can fly by myself now.
Eagle: What?!Are you crazy?You can’t fly by yourself!
Turtle: Yes, I can.I’ll show you.Please, let me go.
Eagle: As you please.But I warned you.Good luck.
The Eagle lets go and the Turtle starts to go down. The Fish sees the Turtle falling down.
Turtle: What’s happening? Why am I not flying? Oh no!!! I should have stayed on the land.
Fish: Hey, why isn’t Mr. Turtle flying? He is coming down really fast. Be careful, Mr. Turtle! There’s a big rock below. (splash and crack)
The Turtle lands on a big rock and his back breaks into a thousand pieces.
Fish: Poor Mr. Turtle. I don’t envy him anymore.
MORAL : Know your limits. 要有自知之明。
飛行的烏龜
在一個春光明媚的早晨，烏龜先生在水里感到無聊。他打算要上岸去。
烏龜：我已經(jīng)厭煩整日游泳了。我今天要到岸上去。
魚： 早上好，烏龜先生。這么早你要去哪里？
烏龜：我要離開水里。我要一個人到岸上去。
魚： 岸上？我好羨幕你呀，烏龜先生。
烏龜：為什么？
魚： 嗯，如果我離開水的話，會死掉。所以你的命真好。
告訴我關(guān)于外面世界的事。外面有什么？
烏龜：魚太太，外面有很多好看的東西。 我不知道從哪里說起。第一，有樹木有高山。第二，有房子和人
類。第三， 有天空。
魚： 告訴我關(guān)于天空的事。
烏龜：它又藍(lán)又美。它也比大海還要廣大。從那里你可以看到所有的東西。但是你必須會飛翔。
魚： 你好幸運，烏龜先生。但是你也會飛嗎？
烏龜：這個嘛，哦。。。。。。。當(dāng)然。那很簡單。改天我教你。
魚： 真的？ 你發(fā)誓？
烏龜：我現(xiàn)在得走了。我今天有點忙。晚點再跟你聊。
魚： 好的。我很抱歉。請慢走。待會兒見。祝你有個愉快的一天。
烏龜：謝謝。你也是。再見。
魚太太跟烏龜先生各自己離去。烏龜先生到了岸上。
他四處閑逛。
烏龜：看看這些樹。這里是多么美麗啊。嘿。那是什么？
那是只鳥?？此w翔的樣子。鳥兒們是如此的幸運。
我希望我是只鳥。我希望我也能飛。
這時候，有只小蝴蝶停在花朵上一會兒。然后又再度飛走。
烏龜：真不公平。連一只小蝴蝶都會飛。為什么我不可以？我也想要飛。
老鷹：你好，烏龜先生。你剛剛說什么？
烏龜：噢，是你啊，老鷹太太。我說我想飛。嘿! 或許你可以教我？
老鷹：哈!哈!哈!你在開玩笑吧!一只烏龜是怎么飛呢？
烏龜：為什么不行？你可以教我呀、
老鷹：無稽之談。你連接翅膀都沒有。而且你太重了。
烏龜：為什么我要有翅膀？
老鷹：你要有翅膀才能飛啊!
烏龜：哦，不! 嗚-----嗚------那么我不能飛。
老鷹：不能。但是你能游泳。我不會。所以開心點。
烏龜：那這樣好不好，老鷹太太？
老鷹：什么？
烏龜：你可以帶我上去嗎？
老鷹：那太危險了。
烏龜：哦，拜托!只有這一次。我想要從空中看陸地和海洋。我會為你做任何事情的。
老鷹：嗯，我不知道啊。在上面很危險的。如果你掉下來的話？
烏龜：別擔(dān)心。我會抓緊。我會小心的。
烏龜不斷地懇求。老鷹再無法說“不” 。她答應(yīng)帶烏
龜?shù)教炜铡?br />
老鷹：好吧，烏龜先生。就這一次。下不為例。
烏龜：哦，感激不盡。
老鷹：好啦，現(xiàn)在抓緊了。我們上去吧! 一、二、三、嘎-------
老鷹帶著烏龜飛到天空中。
烏龜：我的天啊!上面好恐怖啊!
老鷹：你還好嗎？你要回到下面嗎？
烏龜：不，不! 我現(xiàn)在很好?？纯聪旅妗６嗝吹孛利惏? 我覺得我好像在飛。
老鷹：好啦，我們現(xiàn)在下去吧。
烏龜：不，不要。我還要到更高的地方。
老鷹：那太危險了。
烏龜堅持著。所以老鷹帶他到了更高的地方。
烏龜：這里實在太棒了。我想現(xiàn)在我可以靠自己飛了。
老鷹：什么？! 你瘋了嗎？你無法自己飛的.
烏龜：不，我可以。我飛給你看。請放開我。
老鷹：遵命。不過我可是警告過你了。祝好運。
老鷹將烏龜放開，而烏龜開始往下掉。魚看到烏龜落下
烏龜：發(fā)生什么事了？為什么我沒有飛起來？哦，不! 我應(yīng)該待在陸地上的。
魚： 嘿，為什么烏龜先生不飛呢？他掉落得好快。小心，烏龜先生。下面有顆大石頭。(吭隆框啷)
烏龜墜落在一顆大石頭上，而他的背摔成千百個碎片。
魚： 可憐的烏龜先生。我再也不羨幕他了。
