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龟以前是生活在陆地上的，只是到了后来，一只聪明的龟被一些猎人抓获。他们把它带回了村子，放在酋长面前。酋长问："我们怎么做着吃?” “你们必须先把我杀死，然后把我从壳里弄出来。”龟说。 “我们用棍子把你的壳打碎。”他们说。 "那绝对不行。”龟说,“你们怎么不把我扔水里淹死呢 ？” "好主意。"酋长说。他们把龟拿到河边，想扔进去淹死他。 就在他们庆祝成功淹死龟之际，龟把两只小小的绿眼睛从水中探出来，笑着说不要急着把锅子早早拿出来，愚蠢的家伙! ”他一边游着离开，一边说：“我想从现在开始，我大部分时间都要安全地呆在水里了。” 从那以后，龟就一直这个样子了。 Why Turtles Live in Water Turtles used to live on the land until the time a clever turtle was caught by some hunters. They brought him to their village and placed the turtle before the Chief, who said, “How shall we cook him?” "You’ll have to kill me first," said the turtle, "and take me out of this shell." "We’ll break your shell with sticks," they said. "That’ll never work," said the turtle, “Why don’t you throw me in the water and drown me?" "Excellent idea, ” said the Chief. They took the turtle to the river and threw him into the water to drown him. They were congratulating themselves on their success in drowning the turtle, when two little green eyes poked up in the water and the laughing turtle said, " Don't get those cooking pots out too fast, foolish people! "As he swam away he said, "I think I’ll spend most of my time from now on, safely in the water. ” It has been that way ever since! |
