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有两个漂亮的女孩子住得离兔子和狼很近。有一天，兔子去拜访狼说：“我们一起去拜访住在路前头的那几个漂亮女孩吧。” "好啊。”狼回答道，随后他们就动身了。 他们来到了女孩家，女孩们邀请他们进去玩。但两个女孩子都非常喜欢狼，注意力都集中在狼身上，兔子不得不坐在边上眼巴巴地看着。兔子当然对此很不满, 很快他就说：“我们最好还是回去吧。” “再玩一会儿吧。”狼回答。那天他们一直待到很晚。离开之前，兔子找到一个机会跟其中一个女孩儿说话，狼听不见。兔子说：“别看他和你们玩得这么愉快，他只是我的老马而已。” "我觉得你在撒谎。”女孩答道。 "不，我没撒谎，你明天就能看到我骑着他来。” "要是我们看到你骑着他来，"女孩笑着说，“我们就相信他只是你的老马而已。” 当他们离开女孩家的时候，女孩儿们说，“嗨，再来玩啊。” 第二天早上，狼一早就起来敲兔子的门。"该再去拜访那些女孩儿了。”他大 声说道。 兔子呻吟着回答说：“唉，我病了一晚上，我觉得可能要去不了了。” 狼不断催促他，最后兔子说：“要是你让我骑着你，我倒是可以和你作伴去。”狼同意兔子骑在他的背上。但兔子说：“我想在你背上放一个马鞍，用来支撑住 我。”狼同意了，兔子又补充道：“我想如果能给你上个马勒来控制你就更好了。” 虽然狼一开始不同意披上马勒，但兔子说没有马勒的话他会把不住，坚持不到女孩们家那么远，狼就让步了。最后兔子想放上马刺。 ‘‘我很怕痒。”狼抗议道。 "我不会用马刺踢的，"兔子保证道，“我不会让马刺靠着，但装上会更好。” 狼终于同意了，但他强调说："我很怕痒，你一定不能用马刺踢我啊。” "快到女孩家的时候，”兔子说，“我们就把东西都从你身上卸下来，然后走过去好了。” 他们启程了，兔子骄傲地骑在狼的背上。当他们快看到房子的时候，兔子照狼身上刮了一下马刺，狼全速冲到了房子门口。 “现在那些女孩看到你了，”兔子说，“我先把你拴到这里，过去看一下，跟她们解释解释，一会儿就回来接你。 兔子回到屋里对女孩儿们说：“你们俩都看到我骑着我的老马了，不是吗？ ” "不错，”她们回答道。兔子坐下来和她们玩得非常开心。 过了一会，兔子想他应该去把狼解开了，就回到他拴狼的地方。他知道狼现在一定很生他的气，就想出了一个办法既可以放了狼又能毫无危险地摆脱掉他。他找到一段细细的空心原木，像敲鼓一样在上面敲着，然后以最快的速度跑到狼跟前， 哭喊道：“士兵正在到处捉你，你听见他们的鼓声了吧，他们就在你后面。” 狼非常害怕士兵。“快放了我，放了我！ ”他喊道。 兔子故意慢吞吞地解开他，还没等兔子完全解开，狼就以最快的速度飞奔进了森林。兔子回了家，把狼愚弄成那样让他觉得非常好笑，而且自己能够单独和女孩子们玩一会儿，他非常满意。 女孩们房屋附近有一大片桃园。一天，她们想让兔子帮忙把桃子从树上摇下来。 他们一起来到果园，兔子就爬到一棵树上往下摇桃子。这时，狼突然出现了，大吼道 “兔子，老伙计，我要扳平我们的分数，在此之前我不会放过你的。” 兔子抬起头，假装在看远处的某人。然后他在树梢喊道："那个家伙在这儿，狼在这儿，就是你们一直在找的那个家伙！ ”听到这些，狼又害怕得撒腿跑了。 过了一段时间，兔子靠在一根歪向地面的树干上休息。这时他看到狼向他走来，兔子站起来，让弯下的树干压在他的肩膀上。 "我可抓到你了。”狼说道。但兔子马上回答说："有人告诉我，如果我能靠自己的力量举起这棵树，会给我四头猪作为报酬。你知道，我不像你一样那么喜欢猪肉，所以如果你替我这么做的话，他们会把猪给你的。" 狼的贪婪欲望被激起来了，说他愿意举着这棵树，就从兔子边上挤了进来。兔子说：“你必须牢牢地举着，否则树就倒了。”说完，兔子就跑掉了。狼用背牢牢地顶着弯树干站着，直到最后他再也坚持不了了。他迅速跳到一旁，以免树倒下来砸到他。这时他才发现树是长在土里的，只不过是长歪了。‘‘兔子是最大的骗子。”他喊道，"我要是抓住他，一定要修理他。” 从那以后，狼每天都在捜寻兔子，直到有一天他发现兔子躺在一块儿鲜美的绿草地上。狼正要扑向兔子时，兔子说道：“我的朋友，我一直在等着再次见到你。我有好东西给你吃。有人在那边的路上杀了一头小马，如果你愿意的话，我会帮你把它从路上拖下来，找一个地方你可以美餐一顿。" ‘‘好吧。"狼说道，便跟着兔子来到那条路上，有匹小马正躺在那儿睡觉。 “我不够强壮，搬不动那匹小马。"兔子说，“所以我把他的尾巴系到你的尾巴上，这样我可以帮你推着。” 兔子小心翼翼地把他们的尾巴绑在一起，以免惊醒小马。然后，他抓住小马的耳朵，好像要把他拉起来一样。小马醒了，跳了起来，撒腿就跑，狼被拖在身后。狼疯狂地挣扎，想要解开尾巴，但他能做的却只是用爪子抓着地面而已。 “用尽全身的力量拉。”兔子在他后面喊道。 "我的脚都没有站在地上，"狼哭喊道，“怎么用全力拉？ ” 然而，渐渐地，狼还是挣脱了身子，兔子只好躲着狼，躲了很长很长时间。 Two pretty girls lived not far from Rabbit and Wolf. One day Rabbit called upon Wolf and said, “Let’s go and visit those pretty girls up the road.” “All right!” Wolf said, and they started off. When they got to the girls’ house, they were invited in, but both girls took a great liking to Wolf and paid all their attention to him while Rabbit had to sit by and look on. Rabbit of course was not pleased by this, and he soon said, “We had better be going back.” “Let’s wait a while longer.” Wolf replied, and they remained until late in the day. Before they left, Rabbit found a chance to speak to one of the girls so that Wolf could not overhear and he said, “The one you’ve been having so much fun with is my old horse.” “I think you are lying.” the girl replied. “No，I am not. You shall see me ride him up here tomorrow.” “If we see you ride him up here,” the girl said with a laugh, “we’ll believe he’s only your old horse.” When the two left the house, the girls said, “Well, call again.” Next morning Wolf was up early, knocking on Rabbit’s door. “It’s time to visit those girls again.” he announced. Rabbit groaned. “Oh, I was sick all night,” he answered, “and I hardly feel able to go.” Wolf kept urging him, and finally Rabbit said, “If you will let me ride you, I might go along to keep you company.” Wolf agreed to carry him astride1 of his back. But then Rabbit said, “I would like to put a saddle on you so as to brace myself.” When Wolf agreed to this, Rabbit added: “I believe it would be better if I should also bridle2 you.” Although Wolf objected at first to being bridled, he gave in when Rabbit said he did not think he could hold on and manage to get as far as the girls’ house without a bridle. Finally Rabbit wanted to put on spurs. “I am too ticklish，” Wolf protested. “I will not spur you with them，’，Rabbit promised. “I will hold them away from you， but it would be nicer to have them on.” At last Wolf agreed to this, but he repeated: “I am very ticklish. You must not spur me.’ “When we get near the girls，house，” Rabbit said, “we will take everything off you and walk the rest of the way.” And so they started up the road, Rabbit proudly riding upon Wolf’s back. When they were nearly in sight of the house, Rabbit raked4 his spurs into Wolf’s sides and Wolf galloped full speed right by the house. “Those girls have seen you now，” Rabbit said. “I will tie you here and go up to see them and try to explain everything. I’ll come back after a while and get you.” And so Rabbit went back to the house and said to the girls: “You both saw me riding my old horse, did you not?” “Yes.” they answered, and he sat down and had a good time with them. After a while Rabbit thought he ought to untie Wolf, and he started back to the place where he was fastened. He knew that Wolf must be very angry with him by this time, and he thought up a way to untie him and get rid of him without any danger to himself. He found a thin hollow log and began beating upon it as if it were a drum. Then he ran up to Wolf as fast as he could go, crying out: “The soldiers are hunting for you! You heard their drum. The soldiers are after you.” Wolf was very much frightened of soldiers. “Let me go, let me go!” he shouted. Rabbit was purposely slow in untying him and had barely freed him when Wolf broke away and ran as fast as he could into the woods. Then Rabbit returned home, laughing to himself over how he had fooled Wolf, and feeling satisfied that he could have the girls to himself for a while. Near the girls，house was a large peach orchard, and one day they asked Rabbit to shake the peaches off the tree for them. They went to the orchard together and he climbed up into a tree to shake the peaches off. While he was there Wolf suddenly appeared and called out: “Rabbit, old fellow, I’m going to even6 the score with you. I，m not going to leave you alone until I do.” Rabbit raised his head and pretended to be looking at some people off in the distance. Then he shouted from the treetop: “Here is that fellow, Wolf, you’ve been hunting for!” At this, Wolf took fright and ran away again. Some time after this, Rabbit was resting against a tree-trunk that leaned toward the ground. When he saw Wolf coming along toward him, he stood up so that the bent tree- trunk pressed against his shoulder. “I have you now,” said Wolf, but Rabbit quickly replied: “Some people told me that if I would hold this tree up with the great power I have they would bring me four hogs in payment. Now, I don’t like hog meat as well as you do, so if you take my place they’ll give the hogs to you.” Wolf’s greed was excited by this, and he said he was willing to hold up the tree. He squeezed in beside Rabbit, who said, “You must hold it tight or it will fall down.” Rabbit then ran off, and Wolf stood with his back pressed hard against the bent tree- trunk until he finally decided he could stand it no longer. He jumped away quickly so the tree would not fall upon him. Then he saw that it was only a leaning tree rooted in the earth. “That Rabbit is the biggest liar，，，he cried. “If I can catch him I，ll certainly fix him.” After that, Wolf hunted for Rabbit every day until he found him lying in a nice grassy place. He was about to spring upon him when Rabbit said, “My friend, I，ve been waiting to see you again. I have something good for you to eat. Somebody killed a pony out there in the road. If you wish I’ll help you drag it out of the road to a place where you can make a feast off it.” “All right.” Wolf said, and he followed Rabbit out to the road where a pony was lying asleep. “I’m not strong enough to move the pony by myself,” said Rabbit, “so I’ll tie its tail to yours and help you by pushing.” Rabbit tied their tails together carefully so as not to awaken the pony. Then he grabbed the pony by the ears as if he were going to lift it up. The pony woke up, jumped to its feet, and ran away, dragging Wolf behind. Wolf struggled frantically to free his tail, but all he could do was scratch on the ground with his claws. “Pull with all your might，” Rabbit shouted after him. “How can I pull with all my might，，，Wolf cried, “when I’m not standing on the ground?” By and by, however, Wolf got loose, and then Rabbit had to go into hiding for a long, long time. |
