Two Friends and a Bear
One day two young men are walking in a big forest. One is fat, and the other is thin. “We are good friends. We must help each other. If we meet any beast, I’ll help you,” the thin man says.
“I’ll help you, too,” the fat one says. They work on. After
a while they hear a great noise. It is a big bear. It is coming this way.
The two young men run away quickly. One of them climbs up a tree, and hides among the leaves. He forgets all about his friend. What about the fat one? He is too fat to climb up a tree. So he throws himself on the ground, closes his eyes, and pretends to be dead. “The
bear will think that I’m dead,” he thinks to himself.
Soon the bear comes up to the fat man, and even puts its nose to his mouth and ears. The fat man holds his breath.
The bear thinks he is dead, so it goes away, because bears never touch the dead. The man in the tree comes down. With a smile he asks his friend, “The bear puts its nose so close to your ears. What does it say to you?”
The friend answers, “The bear says, “Don’t trust your friend.
He runs away from you when you need his help most. ”
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
两个朋友和一只熊
一天,两个朋友在大森林里行走。一个很胖,另一个很瘦。“我们是好朋友,我们要互相帮助。如果我们遇到了野兽,我会帮助你。”那个瘦的说。
“我也会帮助你。”那个胖的说。他们继续往前走。过了一会儿,他们听见了一种巨大的声音,有一只很大的熊正朝他们走来。两个朋友迅速地跑开了。他们中的一个爬上了树,并且躲藏在了树叶的后面,他忘记了自己的朋友。那个胖的怎么办,他太胖了没办法爬上树,所以他躺在了地上,闭上眼睛,假死。“熊会认为我已经死了,”他对自己说。
不久,熊来到了那个胖的旁边,并用它的鼻子嗅了嗅那人的嘴巴好耳朵。那个胖的人屏住呼吸。
熊想那个人已经死了,所以走了,因为熊不吃动物、人类的尸体。那个瘦的人从树上下来,对胖的人笑了笑,问到:“熊的鼻子凑到你的耳朵那么近,它对你说了些什么,”胖的朋友说:“熊说:‘不要相信你的朋友,他在你最需要帮助的时候跑走了。’”
患难之交见真情。
福师一附小五年(1)班 柯嘉