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两头鹿——贝尤蒂和布朗尼跟父母和大群的鹿生活在森林里。一天，父亲把他们两个叫到跟前说地里的玉米成熟了，每年这个时候，森林里的鹿群经常遇到危险。你们最好外出一段时间，一定要带好自己的鹿群。" “爸爸,都有什么危险呢?”他们问。 "鹿下地吃玉米的时候，很容易被农人们设下的圈套捉住。”父亲说，“每年都有许多鹿落入圈套。”. “那你跟我们一起出去吗？"布朗尼问。 "我和你妈妈都不出去，我们要跟一些年老的鹿待在林中。”父亲说，"这里的食物足够我们吃的，但你们和鹿群就没有多少粮食了。你们必须带领你们的鹿群爬上高山，那里有吃不完的食物。你们要在那里待到所有庄稼收割完，才能把鹿群带回来。但是你们路上一定要十分小心。” "你们必须夜间行路,因为白天走路会被猎人发现。千万不要带鹿群从村子旁边经过，那里住着猎人。” 于是贝尤蒂和布朗尼带领鹿群出发了。贝尔蒂夜间行路，而且绝对不从村边经过，最后他把鹿群安全带到了高山上。贝尤蒂带领的鹿群一头也没丢。 但是布朗尼很快就忘记了父亲的嘱咐。每天一大早他就带着自己的鹿群出发，而且一走就是一整天。遇到村庄，他就带领鹿群直接穿过去。一次又一次，猎人们发现布朗尼的鹿群并捕杀了其中许多鹿。 地里的庄稼收割完了，鹿群开始返回森林。贝尤蒂带领着他的鹿群回来了，一头鹿也没有少。愚蠢的布朗尼仍然白天赶路，仍然直接穿越村庄，等他的鹿群到达森林的时候，已经剩下没几头了。 Beauty and the Brownie Two Deer named Beauty and Brownie lived with their father and mother and great herds of Deer in a forest. One day their father called them to him and said, “The Deer in the forest are always in danger when the corn is ripening in the fields. It will be best for you to go away for a while, and you must each take your own herd of Deer with you.” “What is the danger, Father?” they asked. “When the Deer go into the fields to eat the corn they get caught in the traps the men set there,” the father said. “Many Deer are caught in these traps every year.” “Will you go away with us?” Brownie said. “No, your mother and I，and some of the other old Deer will stay here in the forest，” said the father. “There will be food enough for us, but there is not enough for you and your herds. You must lead your herds up into the high hills where there is plenty of food for you, and stay there until the crops are all cut. Then you can bring your herds back here. But you must be careful.” “You must travel by night, because the hunters will see you if you go by day. And you must not take your herds near the villages where hunters live. ’， So Beauty and Brownie and their herds set out. Beauty traveled at night and did not go near any villages, and at last brought his herd safely to the high hills. Not a single Deer did Beauty lose. But Brownie forgot what his father had said. Early each morning he started off with his herd, going along all through the day. When he saw a village, he led his herd right past it. Again and again hunters saw the herd, and they killed many, many of the Deer in Brownie's herd. When crops had been cut, the Deer started back to the forest. Beauty led all his herd back, but stupid Brownie traveled in the daytime, and again he took his herd past the villages. When he reached the forest only a few were left of all Brownie's herd. |
