狮子与兔子的奇幻冒险

A cruel lion lived in the forest. Every day, he killed and ate a lot of animals. The other animals wereafraid the lion would kill them all.

森林里住着一只凶残的狮子，它每天都要捕杀大量动物当做食物。森林里所有动物都战战兢兢。

The animals told the lion, "Let's make a deal. If youpromise to eat only one animal each day, then one of us will come to you every day. Then you don't have to hunt and kill us."

他们对狮子说：“我们来做个交易吧。如果你保证每天只捕杀一只动物，那么我们每天都会给你送来一只当食物，你也不用自己追杀我们了。”

The plan sounded well thought-out to the lion, so he agreed, but he also said, "If you don't come every day, I promise to kill all of you the next day!"

狮子认为这是一个好办法，所以同意了。但它威胁道：“如果你们没有每天都送一只动物上门，那我第二天就把你们统统吃掉！”

Each day after that, one animal went to the lion so that the lion could eat it. Then, all the other animals were safe.

之后的每一天，都会有一只动物送上门去给狮子充当食物。这样其它的动物就得以生存下来。

Finally, it was the rabbit's turn to go to the lion. The rabbit went very slowly that day, so the lion wasangry when the rabbit finally arrived.

终于有一天，轮到小兔子送上门去当食物。它一路上走得很慢，所以当它到达时，狮子勃然大怒。

The lion angrily asked the rabbit, "Why are you late?"

狮子生气的问：“你为什么迟到？”

I was hiding from another lion in the forest. That lion said he was the king, so I was afraid.

“我在躲避另一只狮子的追杀，它说它是森林的王者，把我吓坏了。”

The lion told the rabbit, "I am the only king here! Take me to that other lion, and I will kill him."

狮子说道：“我才是这里唯一的王者！你带我去找他，我要杀死它。”

The rabbit replied, "I will be happy to show you where he lives."

兔子回答：“我愿意为您带路。”

The rabbit led the lion to an old well in the middle of the forest. The well was very deep with water at the bottom. The rabbit told the lion, "Look in there. The lion lives at the bottom."

兔子领着狮子来到森林深处的一口古井旁。这口井深不见底，但能看到井水。兔子对狮子说道：“看，那只狮子就住在井底。”

When the lion looked in the well, he could see his own face in the water. He thought that was the other lion. Without waiting another moment, the lion jumped into the well to attack the other lion. He never came out.

狮子探头看向井里，水面倒映着它自己，但它认为那就是兔子所说的另一只狮子。它毫不犹豫跳进了井里进行厮杀。但再也没有出来。

All of the other animals in the forest were verypleased with the rabbit's clever trick.

森林里所有的动物都因为兔子的聪明伶俐而开心不已。