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从前，丛林中生活着一只叫弗雷德的猿猴，他的部族和他弟弟艾德加的部族和睦相处了几个月。后来，弗雷德的部族变得非常贪婪、无礼，充满了仇恨。他们仇视艾德加部族，并且认为他们必须从艾德加部族那里偷些食物。很快， 艾德加的部族发现他们的食物越来越少。 —天，艾德加的部族首领林达，发现弗雷德的首领奎茨尔在他们的粮库旁鬼鬼祟祟地走来走去。林达悄悄地把艾德加叫到身边，他们秘密地把奎茨尔锁了起来。第二天上午，他们带奎茨尔来到弗雷德的部族跟前，威胁说要把奎茨尔杀死。弗雷德暴怒地来到艾德加跟前，说：“我要和你决一死战。”于是，他们便激烈地打斗起来。艾德加年轻，自然他占上风。经过长时间激烈的搏斗，敏捷的艾德加战胜了年老体衰的弗雷德。 艾德加让弗雷德的部族做一个选择，他们要么把偷走的食物还回来，马上离开，艾德加不会伤害他们，要么就饿死，艾德加部族绝不会帮助他们。弗雷德只好选择离开。 但不久，他们重操旧业，又偷起食物来。可是，他们很快发现没有食物可偷了，因为他们已经把食物都偷光了。像艾德加预言的那样，弗雷德的部族又开始挨饿的日子。 好多天过去了，弗雷德的部族失去了首领。他们决定搬回去，并且向艾德加道歉。他们立刻找到艾德加，请求他的谅解。 当然艾德加已经知道了这一切，他和他的部族决定原谅他们，并且同意让他们加入自己的部族。从此，他们之间几乎没有了矛盾和纷争，最终过上了幸福的生活。 A Time for Survival Once upon a time, somewhere in the jungle, there was an ape named Fred. For months，his tribe and his brother Edgar’s tribe lived in peace and harmony. Then Fred’s tribe grew greedy, hateful, and ruthless. They started to become resentful of Edgar’s tribe. Fred and his tribe decided they were forced to steal from Edgar’s tribe. Soon，Edgar’s tribe noticed that each day， more and more food was gone. One day Linda, Edgar's head of command，discovered Quetzel，Fred s head in command，sneaking around the store where they kept their food. Linda called Edgar over secretly and they locked Quetzel up. The next morning, in front of Fred s tribe，they threatened to kill him. Fred stormed over to Edgar and said, “I demand a fight to the death!” So，they had the most gruesome fight ever. Edgar was younger, so naturally, he was better. After the long， horrible battle，Edgar’s fast, nimble body overcame Fred’s older one. Edgar let Fred’s tribe have a choice. They either could give the food back，and leave unharmed，or they could starve to death without the help of Edgar's tribe. Fred’s tribe had to give in, but they soon went back to their stealing ways. Though they soon found out that there was no more food left to steal, they had stolen it all. Soon the tribe was starving again，just like Edgar’s tribe had said in the first place. Many days after that, the tribe lost their leader. They decided to go back and apologize. When they got there they rushed straight to Edgar, and pleaded for forgiveness. Of course Edgar knew what was happening，so with his tribe he decided to forgive，and accept them into hivS tribe. There were few conflicts after that，and in the end they all lived happily. |
