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'I'm a poor unhappy washerwoman, 'he began.
我是個可憐的不走運的洗衣婆，他開始講道。
But the barge-woman, Toad quickly discovered, was a most unpleasant person.
但他很快發現，這個女人是世界上最不友善的人。
She came up to Toad and looked hard at his face under his bonnet.
她走到蛤蟆跟前，死死盯著無邊帽下蛤蟆的臉。
'Washerwoman indeed! You're a fat lazy little toad, that's what you are! 'she said rudely. 'Get off my barge! 'And she actually pushed Toad off the barge into the canal.
好一個洗衣婆！你是一只又肥又懶的小癩蛤蟆，這才是你的真面目！她粗暴地說著。滾出我的船！同時她就真地把癩蛤蟆推入了運河。
Toad swam to the bank and climbed out.
癩蛤蟆游到岸邊爬了上來。
He was wildly angry.
他氣得要發瘋。
How could he punish this rude and terrible person? Then he saw the horse which was pulling the barge, and an idea came to him.
怎樣才能治治這個粗魯可惡的老婦人？后來他看見了那只正拉著駁船的馬，立刻計上心頭。
Two minutes later he was riding the horse across the fields away from the canal.
兩分鐘后，他騎在馬上穿過田野離開了運河。
Behind him, the barge-woman was shouting and screaming angrily.
船婆在他身后氣憤地又喊又叫。
Toad rode on, laughing at his own great cleverness.
癩蛤蟆騎著向前，為他自己偉大的聰明之舉開懷大笑。
Later that morning he met a man with a caravan, who was cooking over a fire in a field.
那天早上，他還遇見了一位駕大篷車的人，他正在野地火堆上燒東西吃。
Toad sold him the barge-woman's horse for a good price and a hot breakfast.
癩蛤蟆開了一個好價把老婦人的馬賣給他并享受了一頓熱乎乎的早餐。
He ate and ate until he was almost too full to move.
他吃呀吃呀直到撐得幾乎不能動。
But he still had a long way to go to get home, so he got up and went on.
但他想到仍有很長的路要趕，便站起來又出發了。
The sun was shining brightly, his clothes were dry again, and the new coins made a pleasant sound in his pocket.
太陽明晃晃地照著，他的衣服又干了，新得的硬幣在他口袋里發出令人愉悅的聲音。
He took off the bonnet, which was too hot, and began to think about all his adventures and escapes.
他覺得太熱便摘下了帽子，開始回顧著他所有冒險和逃跑的經歷。
'Ho, ho! 'he said to himself.
嚯，嚯他自言自語道：
'What a clever Toad I am! How brave! How intelligent! No problem is too difficult for Toad!
我是多么聰明的蛤蟆！多么勇敢！多么機智！沒有什么事能難倒我蛤蟆！
'He began to sing a song about himself as he walked along, although there was no one to hear it.
盡管沒有誰能聽到，他還是邊走邊唱著贊美自己的歌。
It was perhaps the most boastful song that any animal ever sang.
這也許是所有動物曾唱過的最最自夸的歌：
關于《風雨河岸柳》
從此，蛤蟆在對朋友們的感動下，改掉了胡亂揮霍的壞毛病，改過自新，成為了一只好蛤蟆。
