「双语」蚂蚁和鸽子 The Ant and the Dove

蚂蚁和鸽子

One hot day, an ant was searching for some water. After walking around for some time, she came to a spring. To reach the spring, she had to climb up a blade of grass. While making her way up, she slipped and fell into the water.

在一个炎热的日子里，一只蚂蚁正在找水。走了一段时间后，她找到了泉水。可是，要到达泉水，她不得不爬上一棵小草。她在往上爬的时候滑倒了，掉进了水里。

She could have drowned if a dove up a nearby tree had not seen her. Seeing that the ant was in trouble, the dove quickly plucked a leaf and dropped it into the water near the struggling ant. The ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up onto it. Soon, the leaf drifted to dry ground, and the ant jumped out. She was safe at last.

如果附近树上的鸽子没有看到她，她可能会淹死。看到蚂蚁遇到了麻烦，鸽子迅速地摘下一片叶子，把它扔进了挣扎的蚂蚁附近的水里。蚂蚁朝叶子走去，爬上了叶子。很快，树叶飘到了干地上，蚂蚁跳了出来。她终于安全了。

Just at that time, a hunter nearby was about to throw his net over the dove, hoping to trap it.

就在那时，附近的一个猎人正要把他的网扔向鸽子，准备捉住它。

Guessing what he was about to do, the ant quickly bit him on the heel. Feeling the pain, the hunter dropped his net. The dove was quick to fly away to safety.

蚂蚁猜到他要做什么，很快就咬了他的脚后跟。猎人感到一阵疼痛，扔下了网。鸽子很快就飞到安全的地方去了。

Moral: One good turn begets another.

寓意:善有善报。