1 Baby Whale's Mistake

Baby Whale's Mistake written by Pam Holden illustrated by Lamia Aziz

小鲸的错误，作者帕姆·霍尔顿，插画拉米亚·阿齐兹

All the whales in the family loved Baby Whale. As he grew older, the big whales showed him how to jump high and dive deep down in the sea. He learned how to blow big waterspouts when he came up to the top. As he breathed out, he could blow a spray of water and air out of his blowhole.

家里所有的鲸鱼都喜欢小鲸。 当他长大后，大鲸鱼教他如何跳得高，潜入深海。 当他到达山顶时，他学会了如何吹大水柱。 当他呼气时，他可以从他的气孔中喷出一股水和空气。

One day, when Baby Whale was by himself trying all kinds of dives and jumps, he had an accident. He tried to do an enormous jump, but he swam too fast to the top and hit something. Bang! Baby Whale had forgotten to look around before he jumped up. He hadn't seen a boat sailing along on the sea. The boat tipped right over, and three men fell out.

有一天，当小鲸独自尝试各种潜水和跳跃时，他出了意外。 他试着做一个巨大的跳跃，但他游得太快了，撞到了什么东西。 砰!小鲸跳起来之前忘了环顾四周。 他没有看到有船在海上航行。 船翻了，三个人掉了出来。

Baby Whale saw the men climbing into their little rubber lifeboat just as their boat sank into the sea. He felt very sorry that he hadn't watched more carefully. Now those poor men were in danger in a tiny lifeboat far out in the deep sea. "How will they get safely back to land again?" he wondered sadly. "Who can save them?"

小鲸看到人们爬上了他们的小橡皮救生艇，就在他们的小船沉入大海的时候。 他很后悔没有更仔细地观察。 现在，这些可怜的人在遥远的深海中乘坐着一艘小小的救生艇，处于危险之中。 “他们怎样才能再次安全着陆呢?”他伤心地想。 “谁能救他们?”

Baby Whale thought of a clever plan. He swam slowly to the tiny lifeboat and gave it a gentle push. At first, the men were frightened when they saw the whale swimming near them again. But as he gave them another gentle push, they began to smile. "This is a friendly whale," they said to each other. "He's not dangerous— he's really trying to help us. See!" The men sat very still in their lifeboat while Baby Whale pushed it gently along.

小鲸想到了一个聪明的计划。 他慢慢地游向那只小小的救生艇，轻轻地推了它一下。 起初，当人们看到鲸鱼再次游向他们时，他们很害怕。 但当他又轻轻地推了他们一下时，他们开始微笑了。 “这是一条友好的鲸鱼，”他们互相说。 “他并不危险——他真的是想帮助我们。 看!”男人们静静地坐在救生艇里，小鲸轻轻地推着它前进。

After a long time, Baby Whale noticed a large ship sailing ahead of them. He stopped pushing the lifeboat and swam close to the ship. He dived down very deep and rushed to the top with a huge jump. His tail made an enormous splash as he dived under again. "Look over there!" shouted the sailors on the ship. "Watch that whale!"

过了很长一段时间，小鲸注意到一艘大船在他们前面航行。 他不再推救生艇，向船游去。 他往下潜得很深，然后猛地一跳，冲上了水面。 当他再次潜入水中时，尾巴溅起了巨大的水花。 “看那边!”船上的水手喊道。 “看那条鲸!”