兔子和狼

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Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Wolf
        　　One day Mr. Rabbit was walking near the hill; he heard someone crying out, " Help! Help!" He looked this way and that way, and he saw poor Mr. Wolf. A great stone had fallen on Mr. Wolf's back, and he could not get up. He cried, "Mr. Rabbit, take this great stone from my back or I shall die."
        　　Mr. Rabbit worked very hard and got the stone from Mr. Wolf's back. Then Mr. Wolf jumped up and caught Mr. Rabbit in his mouth.
        　　"If you kill me," cried Mr. Rabbit, "I will never help you again as long as I live."
        　　"You will not live," said Mr. Wolf, "because I shall have killed you."
        　　"No nice person kills a person who has helped him," said Mr. Rabbit; "it is not just. You ask Mrs. Duck: she is very fat and she knows everything. She will say that no nice person would do a thing like that."
        　　"I will ask her," said Mr. Wolf, "and if she does not say what I want, I shall eat her too."
        　　So Mr. Wolf and Mr. Rabbit went to Mrs. Duck. Mr. Wolf said, "I caught Mr. Rabbit when he was sitting down near the hill. So I say that I should eat him. Now say what you think."
        　　"I took a great big stone from his back," said Mr. Rabbit; "So I say that he should not eat me, because I helped him. Now say what you think. "What stone?" said Mrs. Duck.
        　　"A stone near the hill," said Mr. Rabbit.
        　　"I must see it," said Mrs. Duck. "How can I say what I think if I have not seen the stone?"
        　　So Mr. Wolf and Mr. Rabbit and Mrs. Duck went to see the stone.
        　　"Now, put the stone just as it was," said Mrs. Duck.
        　　So they put the stone back where it was.
        　　"No," said Mrs. Duck, "that is not just as it was. You said that the stone was on Mr. Wolf's back."
        　　So they put the stone on Mr. Wolf's back.
        　　"Now," said Mr. Wolf, "you see just how it was. What do you say about it?"
        　　Mr. Rabbit and Mrs. Duck said, "We say that we are going home. And you may ask some other person to take the stone from your back. You look very nice like that; stay just as you are!"
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        兔子和狼
         
        　　一天，兔子先生正在山坡附近遛哒，他听到有人在呼救：“救命呀！救命呀！”他这边瞧瞧，那边望望，他发现了可怜的狼先生，一块大石头掉下来压在狼先生的背上，他起不来了。他喊道：“兔先生，把这块大石头从我背上搬开，要不然我会死的。”
        　　兔子好不容易把大石头从狼背上搬开，这时，狼跳起来，把兔子叼在嘴里。
        　　“如果你吃了我，”兔子叫喊着，“只要我还活着，我再也不帮你的忙了。”
        　　“你不会活了，”狼说，“因为我要吃了你了。”
        　　“好人是不会杀救过他命的恩人的，”兔子说，“这很不公平，你去问鸭子夫人，她很胖，她样样事情都通晓，她一定会说没有一个好人会干出这种事情来。”
            
            

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        　　“我去问她”，狼说，“如果她不是按我所想的那么说，乙惨?阉?缘簟！?/P>
        　　于是，狼和兔子到了鸭子家。狼说：“当兔子先生在山坡附近坐下时，我抓住了他，因此，我要吃掉他。现在你来谈谈你是怎样想的吧。”
        　　“我从他的背上搬开好大的一块石头，”兔子说，“因此，我说他不应该吃掉我，因为我救了他。现在你说说你的看法吧。”
        　　“什么石头？”鸭子夫人问。
        　　“山附近一块石头，”兔子说。
        　　“我必须去看看，”鸭子说，“如果我连那块石头也没有看见，那我怎么说得出我的看法？”
        　　于是，狼、兔子和鸭子一起去看那块石头。
        　　“现在，按原来的样子把石头放好，”鸭子说。
        　　于是，他们把石头搬回原处。
        　　“不，”鸭子说，“那不是原来的样子，你不是说那块石头压在狼的背上吗？”
        　　于是，把石头放在狼的背上。
        　　“现在，”狼先生说，“你看好了原来就是这个样子，你还能说什么吗？”
        　　兔子先生和鸭子夫人说：“我们要说我们打算回家了，你可以求别人来搬开你背上的石头，你这样呆着多好呀，你就这样呆着吧！”