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从前，一只兔子在棕榈树下睡着了。 他突然惊醒，心想:“如果这个世界爆炸了会是什么样？我将成为什么样呀？”就在这时，一些猴子扔下一个椰子，正好落在兔子背后的地上。 一听到这个声音，兔子自言自语道:“地球真的爆炸了呀!” 于是他跳起来飞快地跑开了。 另一只兔子看见他跑，在后面追着嚷道，“你跑这么快干吗呀？” “你不知道吗？地球爆炸了！” 看到他跑，第二只兔子也跟着跑起来了。 两只奔跑的兔子又遇到了另一只兔子，他听到地球爆炸的消息后也跟着他们跑起来。 一只又一只的兔子加入他们，最后成千上百的兔子疯狂地跑着。 他们超过一只鹿，冲着他嚷道地球爆炸了。于是鹿也跟着他们跑开了。 这只鹿叫上一只狐狸一起跑，因为地球爆炸了。 最后狮子看见动物们都在跑,并且听见他们叫喊地球爆炸了。 他想肯定有问题，于是大吼了三声。 吼叫声让大家停下来，因为他们知道这是兽中之王的声音。他们敬畏他。 狮子问道：‘'你们为什么跑这么快？•’ "噢，狮王，地球爆炸了！”他们回答道。 "谁看见地球爆炸了？"狮子问道。 狐狸说：“我没有看见。" 鹿说："兔子们告诉我的。” 最后狮子来到第一个说地球坍塌的兔子面前。 "噢，是这样的，"那只兔子说道，"我正在一棵棕榈树下睡觉。我突然醒来想’如果地球爆炸了我将会怎么样呢？’正在那时，我听见地球爆炸的声音，于是我跑开了。” "噢，是这样呀，”狮子说到，“那你和我回到地球开始爆炸的地方，看看究竟是怎么回事。" 因此狮子驮着小兔子，像风一样离开了。其他动物则在原地等着。 兔子告诉狮子快到他睡觉的地方了。狮子看见了兔子睡觉的地方。 他也看见了落在附近地上的椰子。于是狮子对兔子说道："你听到的一定是椰子落到地上的声音！” 于是獅子跑回到其他动物那里，告诉他们这一切。 如果不是明智的狮王，他们或许一直在跑着呢。 The Foolish Timid Rabbit Once upon a time, a rabbit was asleep under a palm tree. All at once he woke up, and thought, 41 What if the world should break up! What then would become of me?" At that moment, some monkeys dropped a coconut. It fell down on the ground just back of the rabbit. Hearing the noise, the rabbit said to himself, “The earth is all breaking up!” And he jumped up and ran just as fast as he could. Another rabbit saw him running, and called after him, “What are you running so fast for?” “Don't you know? The earth is all breaking up!” And on he ran, and the second rabbit ran with him. The next rabbit they met ran with them when he heard that the earth was all breaking up. One rabbit after another joined them，until there were hundreds of rabbits running as fast as they could go. They passed a deer, calling out to him that the earth was all breaking up. The deer then ran with them. The deer called to a fox to come along because the earth was all breaking up. At last the lion saw the animals running，and heard their cry that earth was all breaking up. He thought there must be some mistake, so roared three times. This stopped them, for they knew the voice of the King of Beasts, and they feared him. “Why are you running so fast?” asked the lion. “〇h，King Lion,” they answered him, “the earth is all breaking up!” “Who saw it breaking up?” asked the lion. “I didn’t.” said the fox. “The rabbits told me about it. ’’ said the deer. At last the lion came to the rabbit who had first said the earth was all breaking up. “O,Lion, it is,” said the rabbit, “I was asleep under a palm tree. I woke up and thought, 'What would become of me if the earth should all break up? 'At that very moment, I heard the sound of the earth breaking up, and I ran away. ” “Then,” said the lion, “you and I will go back to the place where the earth began to break up, and see what the matter is.” So the lion put the little rabbit on his back, and away they went like the wind. The other animals waited for them there. The rabbit told the lion when they were near the place where he slept, and the lion saw where the rabbit had been sleeping. He saw, too, the coconut that had fallen to the ground near by. Then the lion said to the rabbit, “It must have been the sound of the coconut falling to the ground that you heard!” And the lion ran back to the other animals, and told them all about it. If it had not been for the wise King of Beasts, they might be running still |
