The Beaver's Tail

The Beaver's Tale

海狸的故事

Long, long ago there was a beautiful river. It ran down a steep hill. The water was deep and clean and sparkled in the sun. The river was the home of two friends, Hanny the Beaver and Tindwe the Otter. Hanny lived on one side of the river and Tindwe lived on the other.

很久很久以前，有一条美丽的小河。 它从陡峭的山坡上流淌下来。 河水又深又清，在阳光下闪着粼粼波光。 这条河是两个好朋友的家，他们是海狸汉尼和水獭汀德维。 汉尼住在河的一边，汀德维住在河的另一边。

Hani the beaver liked to work hard. All day long she chewed down trees and carried logs to make her home bigger and stronger. Tinduai the otter liked to play. All day long he splashed about in the water and chased his tail. Every day Tinduai watched the busy beaver working hard. I wish Hani would stop working just for a while and play with me, he thought.

海狸汉尼很喜欢辛勤劳作，她一整天都在啃树、搬木头，把自己的家建得更大更牢固。 水獭汀杜艾最喜欢玩耍，他一整天都在水里扑腾，追着自己的尾巴转圈圈。 汀杜艾每天都看着忙碌的海狸辛勤干活。 他心里想：真希望汉尼能停下手里的活，哪怕就一小会儿，陪我玩呀。

Then, one day, Tindwe had a clever idea. He began to build something. After a while, he called across the river to his friend, Hanny, look at what I have built. It's a slide. Hanny didn't answer. I bet you can't build a slide as big as this one, said Tindwe.

后来有一天，汀德维想到了一个好主意。 他开始动手做一个东西。 过了一会儿，他隔着河喊自己的朋友： 汉尼，快看看我做的东西！ 是一个滑梯哦！ 汉尼没有回答。 汀德维说：我赌你肯定做不出比这个更大的滑梯！

Hanny stopped working and looked up. Tindwe smiled to himself. His plan was working. I bet I can, Hanny called across the river. I can build a bigger and better slide than you have ever seen. The beaver quickly began moving all the rocks and logs she could find. All morning Hanny worked. She worked harder than Tindwe had ever seen. Hanny built her slide higher and higher and higher.

汉尼停下手里的活抬起头，汀德维偷偷笑了，他的计划奏效啦。 汉尼隔着河喊道：我赌我肯定可以！我要做一个你见过的最大最好的滑梯！ 海狸立刻开始搬她能找到的所有石头和木头，她一整个上午都在忙活。 她比汀德维之前见过的任何时候都要卖力。 汉尼把她的滑梯建得越来越高，越来越高。

When Hanny had finished, she called to the otter, Look at my slide! I bet this is the biggest and best slide you have ever seen. Then she climbed to the top of her slide and slid down. Ouch! cried Hanny. Those logs are hard. Next time I will have to sit on my tail. Hanny climbed up to the top of her slide again. This time she sat on her tail and slid all the way down into the sparkling water. Tindwey climbed up the slide and slid down after her. They climbed and slid and splashed all afternoon. They had great fun and for once Hanny forgot all about work.

汉尼做完之后，对着水獭喊道： 快看我的滑梯！我赌这肯定是你见过的最大最好的滑梯！ 然后她爬到滑梯的顶端，滑了下来。 汉尼疼得大叫：哎哟！这些木头太硬了，下次我得坐在自己的尾巴上滑。 汉尼又一次爬到了滑梯的顶端。 这次她坐在自己的尾巴上，一路滑到了波光粼粼的河水里。 汀德维也爬上滑梯，跟在她后面滑了下来。 他们一下午都在爬上去、滑下来，溅起大片的水花。 他们玩得特别开心，汉尼头一次把干活的事忘得一干二净。