伊索寓言 03飞行的乌龟 The Flying Turtle
One bright sunny morning, Mr. Turtle gets bored in the water. He plans to go out on the shore.
Turtle: I am tired of swimming all day. I’ll go out on the shore today.
Fish: Good morning, Mr. Turtle. Where are you going so early?
Turtle: Well, I’m going out of the water. I plan to walk along the shore.
Fish: On the shore?! I envy you, Mr. Turtle.
Turt le: Why is that?
Fish: Well, if I go out of the water, I’ll die. So you are very lucky. Please tell me about the outside world. What is out there?
Turtle: Well, Mrs. Fish, there is so much to see. I don’t know where to begin. First, there are trees and mountains. Second, there are houses and people. Third, there is the sky.
Fish: Tell me about the sky!
Turtle: It is blue and beautiful.It is also bigger than the sea.You can see everything from there.But you must fly.
Fish: You are lucky, Mr. Turtle.But can you fly, too?
Turtle: Well, uh…Of Course.It’s easy.I’ll teach you someday.
Fish: Really?You promise?
Turtle: I must go now. I’m a little busy today. I’ll talk to you later.
Fish: Okay. I’m sorry. Please go now. I’ll see you later. Have a nice day.
Turtle: Thank you. You too. Bye. Bye.
Mrs. Fish and Mr. Turtle part. Mr. Turtle is out on the shore. He walks around.
Turtle: Look at all those trees. It’s so beautiful here. Hey, what’s that? It’s a bird. Look at it fly. Birds are so lucky. I wish I were a bird. I wish I could fly, too.
Just then, a little butterfly lands on a flower for a moment. Then it flies away again.
Turtle: It’s so unfair. Even that little butterfly can fly. Why can’t I ? I want to fly, too.
Eagle: Hello there, Mr. Turtle. What did you just say?
Turtle: Oh, it’s you, Mrs. Eagle. I said I want to fly. Hey. Perhaps, you can teach me?
Eagle: Ha, ha, ha. You must be joking. How can a turtle fly?
Turtle: Why not? You can teach me.
Eagle: That’s nonsense. You don’t even have wings. And you are too heavy.
Turtle: Why do I need wings?
Eagle: You need wings to fly.
Turtle: Oh no. Boo-hoo. Then I can’t fly?
Eagle: No.But you can swim. I can’t. So cheer up.
Turtle: How about this, Mrs. Eagle?
Eagle: What?
Turtle: Can you take me up?
Eagle: It’s too dangerous.
Turtle: Oh, please! Just this once. I want to see the land and the sea from the sky. I’ll do anything for you.
Eagle: Well, I don’t know. It’s dangerous up there. What if you fall?
Turt le: Don’t worry.
I’ll hold on tight.
I’ll be careful.
The turtle keeps begging. The Eagle cannot say “no” any longer. She agrees to take the Turtle up into the sky.
Eagle: Okay, Mr. Turtle. Just this once. Never again.
Turtle: Oh, thank you so much.
Eagle: Okay, now hold on tight. Let’s go up.One,two,three.Whee…
The Eagle takes the Turtle up into sky.
Turtle: Oh my goodness!It’s scary up here.
Eagle: Are you okay? Do you want to go back down?
Turtle: No, no.I’m fine now.Look below.It’s so beautiful.I feel like I’m flying.
Eagle: Okay. Let’s go down now.
Turtle: No. No.I want to go up higher.
Eagle: It’s too dangerous.
The turtle insists. So the Eagle takes him up even higher.
Turtle: It is so wonderful up here.I think I can fly by myself now.
Eagle: What?!Are you crazy?You can’t fly by yourself!
Turtle: Yes, I can.I’ll show you.Please, let me go.
Eagle: As you please.But I warned you.Good luck.
The Eagle lets go and the Turtle starts to go down. The Fish sees the Turtle falling down.
Turtle: What’s happening? Why am I not flying? Oh no!!! I should have stayed on the land.
Fish: Hey, why isn’t Mr. Turtle flying? He is coming down really fast. Be careful, Mr. Turtle! There’s a big rock below. (splash and crack)
The Turtle lands on a big rock and his back breaks into a thousand pieces.
Fish: Poor Mr. Turtle. I don’t envy him anymore.
MORAL : Know your limits. 要有自知之明。
飞行的乌龟
在一个春光明媚的早晨，乌龟先生在水里感到无聊。他打算要上岸去。
乌龟：我已经厌烦整日游泳了。我今天要到岸上去。
鱼： 早上好，乌龟先生。这么早你要去哪里？
乌龟：我要离开水里。我要一个人到岸上去。
鱼： 岸上？我好羡幕你呀，乌龟先生。
乌龟：为什么？
鱼： 嗯，如果我离开水的话，会死掉。所以你的命真好。
告诉我关于外面世界的事。外面有什么？
乌龟：鱼太太，外面有很多好看的东西。 我不知道从哪里说起。第一，有树木有高山。第二，有房子和人
类。第三， 有天空。
鱼： 告诉我关于天空的事。
乌龟：它又蓝又美。它也比大海还要广大。从那里你可以看到所有的东西。但是你必须会飞翔。
鱼： 你好幸运，乌龟先生。但是你也会飞吗？
乌龟：这个嘛，哦。。。。。。。当然。那很简单。改天我教你。
鱼： 真的？ 你发誓？
乌龟：我现在得走了。我今天有点忙。晚点再跟你聊。
鱼： 好的。我很抱歉。请慢走。待会儿见。祝你有个愉快的一天。
乌龟：谢谢。你也是。再见。
鱼太太跟乌龟先生各自己离去。乌龟先生到了岸上。
他四处闲逛。
乌龟：看看这些树。这里是多么美丽啊。嘿。那是什么？
那是只鸟。看它飞翔的样子。鸟儿们是如此的幸运。
我希望我是只鸟。我希望我也能飞。
这时候，有只小蝴蝶停在花朵上一会儿。然后又再度飞走。
乌龟：真不公平。连一只小蝴蝶都会飞。为什么我不可以？我也想要飞。
老鹰：你好，乌龟先生。你刚刚说什么？
乌龟：噢，是你啊，老鹰太太。我说我想飞。嘿! 或许你可以教我？
老鹰：哈!哈!哈!你在开玩笑吧!一只乌龟是怎么飞呢？
乌龟：为什么不行？你可以教我呀、
老鹰：无稽之谈。你连接翅膀都没有。而且你太重了。
乌龟：为什么我要有翅膀？
老鹰：你要有翅膀才能飞啊!
乌龟：哦，不! 呜-----呜------那么我不能飞。
老鹰：不能。但是你能游泳。我不会。所以开心点。
乌龟：那这样好不好，老鹰太太？
老鹰：什么？
乌龟：你可以带我上去吗？
老鹰：那太危险了。
乌龟：哦，拜托!只有这一次。我想要从空中看陆地和海洋。我会为你做任何事情的。
老鹰：嗯，我不知道啊。在上面很危险的。如果你掉下来的话？
乌龟：别担心。我会抓紧。我会小心的。
乌龟不断地恳求。老鹰再无法说“不” 。她答应带乌
龟到天空。
老鹰：好吧，乌龟先生。就这一次。下不为例。
乌龟：哦，感激不尽。
老鹰：好啦，现在抓紧了。我们上去吧! 一、二、三、嘎-------
老鹰带着乌龟飞到天空中。
乌龟：我的天啊!上面好恐怖啊!
老鹰：你还好吗？你要回到下面吗？
乌龟：不，不! 我现在很好。看看下面。多么地美丽啊! 我觉得我好像在飞。
老鹰：好啦，我们现在下去吧。
乌龟：不，不要。我还要到更高的地方。
老鹰：那太危险了。
乌龟坚持着。所以老鹰带他到了更高的地方。
乌龟：这里实在太棒了。我想现在我可以靠自己飞了。
老鹰：什么？! 你疯了吗？你无法自己飞的.
乌龟：不，我可以。我飞给你看。请放开我。
老鹰：遵命。不过我可是警告过你了。祝好运。
老鹰将乌龟放开，而乌龟开始往下掉。鱼看到乌龟落下
乌龟：发生什么事了？为什么我没有飞起来？哦，不! 我应该待在陆地上的。
鱼： 嘿，为什么乌龟先生不飞呢？他掉落得好快。小心，乌龟先生。下面有颗大石头。(吭隆框啷)
乌龟坠落在一颗大石头上，而他的背摔成千百个碎片。
鱼： 可怜的乌龟先生。我再也不羡幕他了。
