9 The Beaver's Tail

The Beaver's Tail

海狸的尾巴

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 — Hanee, the beaver and Tindui, the otter. Hanee lived on one side of the river and Tindui lived on the other.

很久很久以前，有一条美丽的河。 它从陡峭的山上跑下来。水又深又干净，在阳光下闪闪发光。 这条河是两个朋友的家——河狸哈尼和水獭廷朵。 哈妮住在河的一边，丁嘟住在河的另一边。

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

海狸哈尼喜欢努力工作。 她整天都在啃树，搬木头，让她的家更大更坚固。 otindui，水獭，喜欢玩。 他整天在水里扑腾，追逐着自己的尾巴。 每天，叮叮都看着忙碌的海狸努力工作。 “我希望哈尼能暂时停止工作，和我一起玩，”他想。

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

然后，有一天，丁丁有了一个聪明的主意。 他开始建造一些东西。 过了一会儿，他对河对岸的朋友喊道:“哈尼!看看我创造了什么。 这是一个幻灯片!”Hanee没有回答。 “我敢说你建不出这么大的滑梯，”廷弟说。

Hanee stopped working and looked up. Tindui smiled to himself. His plan was working. "I bet I can," Hanee 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 Hanee worked. She worked harder than Tindui had ever seen. and higher. and higher, Hanee built her slide higher,

哈尼停止了工作，抬起头来。 丁丁暗自笑了。他的计划奏效了。 “我打赌我能，”哈尼在河对面喊道。 “我可以做一个你从未见过的更大更好的滑梯!”海狸很快开始移动她能找到的所有石头和木头。 哈尼整个上午都在工作。她比廷朵见过的任何时候都要努力。 甚至更高。哈妮把滑梯建得更高，

When Hanee 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 Hanee. "Those logs are hard. Next time, I will have to sit on my tail." Hanee climbed up to the top of her slide again. This time, she sat on her tail and slid all the way down in to the sparkling water. Tindui climbed up the slide and slid down after her. They climbed and slid and splashed all afternoon. They had great fun, and for once, Hanee forgot all about work.

当哈尼画完后，她对水獭喊道:“看我的滑梯!我敢打赌这是你见过的最大最好的滑梯。” 然后她爬到滑梯的顶部，滑了下来。 “哎哟!”Hanee喊道。“那些木头很硬。 下次，我就只能坐在我的尾巴上了。” 哈妮又爬上了滑梯的顶端。 这一次，她坐在自己的尾巴上，一路滑到波光粼粼的水中。 叮叮爬上滑梯，跟着她滑了下来。 他们整个下午都在爬、滑、溅水。 他们玩得很开心，这一次，哈尼完全忘记了工作。