英文绘本故事｜Little Mouse Deer and Crocodile 小鼷鹿与鳄鱼

One day Little Mouse Deer went to the river.

一天小鼷鹿去到河边。

He was hungry.

他饿了。

He could see leaves and fruit on the other side of the river.

他看到河对岸的树叶和水果。

Now in the river there was a crocodile.

现在河里有一条鳄鱼。

The crocodile was hungry too.

鳄鱼也饿了。

He wanted to eat Little Mouse Deer.

他想要吃掉小鼷鹿。

When crocodile saw Little Mouse Deer he said,

当鳄鱼看到小鼷鹿他说道，

'Do you want to get to the other side of the river?'

“ 你想要去到河的另一边吗？”

I can help you.

我可以帮助你。

Little Mouse Deer did not want Crocodile to help him.

小鼷鹿不想要鳄鱼帮助他。

'Crocodile will not help me,' he said to himself.

“鳄鱼不会帮助我，”他对自己说。

' He will eat me.'

“他会吃掉我。”

So Little Mouse Deer said,

所以小鼷鹿说，

'The king wants me to count how many crocodiles there are in the river.'

“ 森林之王想让我数一数河里一共有多少鳄鱼。”

' Make a line in the river,' said Little Mouse Deer.

“ 你们在河里排成一排，”小鼷鹿说道。

' Then I can count how many crocodiles there are.'

“ 让我可以数一数一共有多少鳄鱼。”

One.

一。

So all the crocodiles made a line in the river.

所以所有的鳄鱼在河里排成一条线。

Then Little Mouse Deer jumped on the first crocodile.

然后小鼷鹿跳到第一条鳄鱼身上。

As he jumped Little Mouse Deer said, 'One.'

当小鼷鹿跳过去的时候，他说道，“一。”

Two.

二。

Then he jumped on the next crocodile.

然后他跳到下一条鳄鱼上。

As he jumped Little Mouse Deer said,'Two.'

当跳起来的时候，他说道，“ 二。”

Three, four, five ,

 三，四，五

six, seven, eight, nine...

六，七，八，九......

Then he jumped on the next crocodile and the next and the next.

然后他跳到下一条鳄鱼上，再跳到一条，再下一条。

As he jumped he said,' Three, four, five , six, seven, eight, nine...'

他边跳边说，“ 三，四，五，六，七，八，九......”

When he jumped on the last crocodile he said,'Ten!'

当他跳到最后一条鳄鱼上时，他说道，“ 十！”

By now,Little Mouse Deer was on the other side of the river.

现在小鼷鹿已经跳到了河对岸。

' How many of us are there? 'said Crocodile.

“一共有多少条鳄鱼呢？”鳄鱼问道。

' There are ten,'said Little Mouse Deer.

“总共有十条，”小鼷鹿回答道。

'and they are all like you—foolish!'

“而且他们都像你——笨死啦！”

Then Little Mouse Deer went off to eat leaves and fruit but Crocodile was still hungry.

小鼷鹿离开去吃叶子和水果鳄鱼还在饿肚子。