Toad in the Road

Toad in the Road

路上的蟾蜍

Toad raced the horse across the meadow. Before long, the horse tired. Toad didn’t mind slowing down. “ That awful possum is far behind, ” he said.

蟾蜍骑着马跑过草地。不久，马累了。 蟾蜍并不介意放慢速度。“那只可怕的负鼠还远着呢，”他说。

After a few miles, the horse stopped. “ Come on, ” said Toad, “ keep going. ” But the horse lowered its head to eat grass. “ I’m hungry too, ” thought Toad.

走了几英里后，马停了下来。“来吧，”蟾蜍说，“继续走。” 但是马低下头吃草。“我也饿了，”蟾蜍想。

Toad got off the horse and walked. Soon he came to a wide road. “ I don’t know which direction to go. I hope someone comes by, ” he said.

蟾蜍下马走了。不久，他来到一条宽阔的马路上。 “我不知道该往哪个方向走。我希望有人来。”他说。

Far down the road, Toad heard a noise. It sounded like a faint vroom, vroom! A cloud of dust came toward him. “ It’s a car! ” yelled Toad.

在路的远处，癞蛤蟆听到了响声。听起来像是一种微弱的嗡嗡声，嗡嗡声! 一阵尘土向他吹来。“是一辆汽车!”蟾蜍喊道。

Toad jumped up and down. “ Hooray! ” he said. “ I’ll ask them for a ride. Badger will be very surprised. ”

蟾蜍又蹦又跳。“万岁!他说。 “我会让他们载我一程。獾会大吃一惊的。”