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从前有一个丛林之王，他女儿是一只印度豹。女儿长大后，臣民都说她应该结婚了。于是他们就举行一场比赛选出最好的小伙子。比赛的内容是看谁能扔出一块石头并在石头落地前数到十。 比赛那天，一头大象首先来到公主面前说：“我来试试看。”于是掷出石头开始数起来："1，2，3，4，5……”石头落地了，他输了。排队的第二位是一头狮子，非常自信，认为自己一定能做到。他掷出石头后开始数数："2，4，6，8…"石头落地了，他也输了。 第二天来了一只老鼠试了试，输了。然后又来了一只长颈鹿，也输了。这时公主已经感到厌倦了，她叫父王停止比赛，如果有想参加的就明天再来。正当他们要收场离去的时候，一只美洲豹来到跟前说：“晚上好！能让我试一下吗？"国王允许了。于是美洲豹掷出石头，没等石头落地就数道:"5，10。”耶！他赢了！他成了丛林的王子！ 所有的动物都来参加他们的婚礼。王子从来没有吹嘘他的获胜经历，反而一直很谦逊。他们从此以后过上了幸福的生活。 The Weird Ways to Count to Ten Once upon a time there was a King of the Jungle. He had a daughter who was a cheetah. When his daughter grew up, his people and assistants said that she should get married. So they made a competition for the best guy. The competition was to throw a stone in the air and count to ten. At that day an elephant first came to the Princess and said, “I have come to try the competition.，’ So he threw up the stone and started counting，”，2，3，4，5…” Then the stone fell to the ground. He had lost. The next person in line was a lion. Now this lion was a confident person so he was sure he would do it. He threw up the stone and started counting, “2，4，6，8."’’ Then it also fell to the ground. He had lost too. The next day a mouse came and tried. He also lost the competition. Then a giraffe tried and also lost. By then the Princess was getting tired of finding the right guy so she asked her father to stop and if they wanted to try please come again tomorrow. Just as they were starting to put everything away a jaguar came and said, “Good evening. May I just try out of playing around?” The King said, “Yes. ” So he threw up the stone and said“ 5，10.” before it hit the ground. YEAH! He had won the competition! He was made the Prince of the Jungle. All animals came to the wedding. And the Prince never boasted about his winning but stayed very humble and he lived happily ever after. |
