「雙語」愚人 Fools

愚人

It was a cold and silent night. The weather was freezing cold. A group of monkeys were on a tree. They were clinging to its branches. One of the monkeys said, “I wish we could find some fire. It will help us to keep warm.”

那是一個寒冷而寂靜的夜晚，天氣寒冷刺骨。一群猴子在樹上，他們緊緊抓住樹枝。其中一只猴子說:“我希望我們能找到一些火。這樣就能幫助我們保持溫暖。”

Suddenly they noticed a flock of fireflies. One of the young monkeys thought it was fire. He caught a firefly. He put it under a dry leaf and started blowing at it. Some other monkeys also joined in his efforts.

突然，他們注意到一群螢火蟲，一只小猴子以為是火，他捉到了一只螢火蟲，他把它放在一片干樹葉下，開始吹它。其他猴子也加了進來。

In the meanwhile, a sparrow came flying to its nest which was on the same tree the monkeys were sitting on. She noticed what they were doing. The sparrow laughed. She said, “Hey silly monkeys, that is a firefly, not real fire. I think all of you should take shelter in a cave.”

與此同時，一只麻雀飛到了它的巢里，巢就在猴子們坐的那棵樹上。麻雀看到猴子們這么做，就笑了，說:“嘿，傻猴子，那是螢火蟲，不是真的火。我認為你們都應該躲在山洞里。”

The monkeys did not listen to the sparrow. They continued to blow at the poor firefly.

猴子不聽麻雀的話。他們繼續(xù)向可憐的螢火蟲吹氣。

After some time, the monkeys became very tired. Now they realized that what the sparrow had said was correct. They set free the firefly and moved to a nearby cave.

過了一段時間，猴子們都累了。現(xiàn)在他們意識到麻雀所說的是對的。他們放了螢火蟲，躲進了附近的一個山洞里。