龟兔赛跑

In the big forest, there lived many animals. There was a beautiful hare who was very good at running. She almost won all the running races, so she became very proud.

美丽的大森林里住着很多动物，其中有一只漂亮的兔子是赫赫有名的运动健将。 她几乎赢得了所有的跑步比赛，因此她变得非常骄傲。

Tortoise was the slowest in the forest. When other animals met him on the way, they always offered help, " Where are you going? Do you need a ride?” The tortoise would always answer them politely, " No, thank you. As long as I keep on crawling, I will get to my place finally. "

乌龟却是大森林里最慢的动物。 当其他动物在路上遇到他时，他们总是愿意提供帮助，“你要去哪里？你需要搭个便车吗？” 乌龟总是礼貌地回答：“谢谢你们，不用了。只要肯坚持，我就一定能顺利到达目的地。“

One morning, the hare saw the tortoise nearby. He was crawling slowly. The hare wanted to make fun of him. So she jumped toward the tortoise and said, “ Tortoise, why don't we have a race?"

一天上午，兔子发现乌龟正在不远处慢慢地爬着。 兔子准备嘲弄他一番。 于是她蹦蹦跳跳的对乌龟说：“乌龟，为什么我们不来一场赛跑呢？”

The tortoise thought for a while and said, " OK, let's have the race now. " Hearing this, the hare couldn't help laughing. Then she pointed to the big tree at the foot of the hill and said, " All right, we‘ll start from here. Let's see who will get to that tree first?” The tortoise nodded in agreement.

乌龟想了想，说：“行啊，咱们这就来赛跑吧。” 兔子一听，差点儿笑破了肚皮。 于是她指着山脚下的那棵大树说： “那好，咱们就从这儿起跑，看谁先跑到那棵树下。” 乌龟点了点头，表示赞同。

The magpie flew around the forest. She told everybody the news. Everyone came to watch the race. They invited the squirrel brothers to be the judges. Younger brother squirrel stood at the starting line, and elder brother squirrel waited at the finishing line.

喜鸽妹妹在林间盘旋，向大家通报这个爆炸性新闻。 大家纷纷前来观看。大家还特意邀请了松鼠兄弟做裁判。 松鼠弟弟站在起跑线发令，松鼠哥哥则先行跑到终点等待两位选手。

" Ready! Go—" younger brother squirrel ordered. The hare ran forward very fast. " The hare is so fast! The tortoise has no chance to win! " the animals said. Soon afterwards, the hare had left the tortoise far behind. She thought, " The tortoise racing with the hare, what a joke! I'll teach him a lesson. "

预备！一、二、三—”松鼠弟弟一声令下。免子撒腿就向前方冲去。 “免子跑得好快啊！乌龟肯定会输得很惨！”小动物们纷纷感叹。 没多久，兔子把乌龟远远甩在身后。 她想：“乌龟和兔子赛跑，真是天大的笑话！我一定让他输得心服口服。”