The Reluctant Dragon

the reluctant dragon

《不情愿的龙》

One evening long ago a shepherd ran home terrified

很久很久以前的一个傍晚，一个牧羊人慌慌张张地跑回了家

I saw something terrible. He cried to his wife and son. It's as big as four horses. It has long sharp claws, a long pointy tail, and shiny blue scales all over its body.

“我看见个可怕的东西！”他对着妻子和儿子大喊。 它有四匹马那么大，长着又长又尖的爪子， 一条尖尖的长尾巴，浑身上下还长满了亮闪闪的蓝色鳞片。

His son looked up from his book. That sounds like a dragon, he said. A dragon, yelled the wife. A dragon, said the shepherd. That does not sound good.

他的儿子从书本里抬起头。 “听起来像是龙呀。”他说。 “龙？！”妻子尖叫起来。 “是龙。”牧羊人说。 这可不是什么好事。

The boy wasn't scared. The next day, he set off up the hill to find the dragon. Bye! Don't worry! He might be friendly, thought the boy.

小男孩一点都不怕。第二天，他就出发上山去找龙了。 “再见啦！别担心！” 说不定他很友好呢，小男孩心里想。

The dragon was friendly and he was thrilled to see the boy. It's beautiful here but it does get lonely. The boy smiled. He sat down and asked the dragon all kinds of questions.

龙确实很友好，见到小男孩他可开心了。 “这里很美，可实在太孤单啦。” 小男孩笑了，他坐下来，问了龙好多好多问题。