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一个冬日，熊遇见了狐狸，他正叼着偷来的一串鱼鬼鬼祟祟地走着。 “你好，狐狸先生！停一停。你从哪里弄来的那些鱼？”熊问道。 要知道，狐狸确实是很狡猾的。他不想让熊知道他偷了鱼，因此说："噢，我亲爱的熊先生，我刚刚捉来的鱼。” 熊正好很饿了，他想吃鱼来填肚子，于是要狐狸告诉他如何能捉鱼。 “噢，这个很容易，"狐狸回答道，"并且很快就能学会。你只要去河边，在冰上打个洞，然后把你的尾巴放进洞里，而且要呆的时间尽可能的长。如果尾巴受点伤,请不要介意，那是鱼在咬你呢。你的尾巴在洞里放的时间越长，你捉的鱼就越多。然后你用力猛地拖出尾巴，一定要使劲拖。” 熊果真按照狐狸告诉他的去做了。没过多久，他感觉很冷而且尾巴确实受伤了。但是他坚持把尾巴放在冰洞里，直到他确信一定捉到了很多鱼。 熊记着狐狸所说的话,然后使劲猛地向外拖尾巴。但是他不知道实际上他的尾巴在冰里冻住了。因此，当他拖的时候，尾巴突然断了。这就是为什么直到今天熊长着一条短而粗的尾巴。 Why the Bear Has a Stumpy Tail? One winter day, the Bear met the Fox who was slinking along with a string of fish he had stolen. “Hi, stop a minute, Mr. Fox! Where did you get those fish?” demanded the Bear. Now the Fox, as you know, is a sly one indeed. He didn't want the Bear to know that he had stolen the fish. So he said, “〇h，my Lord Bruin, I’ve been out fishing and caught them. ” Well, the Bear was hungry and thought he would enjoy some fish. So he asked the Fox to tell him how to go about catching fish. “Oh, it is quite easy,” answered the fox, “and soon learned. You have only to go down to the river and cut a hole in the ice. Then you put your tail in the hole and keep it there as long as you can. Don't mind if it hurts a little. That will be the fish biting. The longer you keep your tail in the hole, the more fish you will catch. Then, all at once, pull out. your tail. But be sure to give a good hard pull.，’ Well, the Bear did as the Fox said. Before long, he was very cold and his tail really hurt. But he kept his tail in the hole until he was sure that he must have caught a great many fish. Then, remembering what the Fox had said, he gave a really hard pull. But what he didn’t know was that his tail was frozen in the ice. So, when he pulled, his tail napped off short. And that is why, to this day, the Bear has a stumpy tail. |
