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"What is your trouble?" asked the Lion quietly.
獅子鎮靜地問道：“你們遇到什么麻煩？”
"We are all threatened," answered the tiger, "by a fierce enemy which has lately come into this forest.
“我們都被新來到這森林中的一只可怕的敵人威脅著，”
It is a most tremendous monster, like a great spider, with a body as big as an elephant and legs as long as a tree trunk.
老虎回答說，“它是一個巨大的可怕的怪物，像一個大蜘蛛，身體卻有大象那么大，腳有一棵樹干那么長。
It has eight of these long legs, and as the monster crawls through the forest he seizes an animal with a leg and drags it to his mouth, where he eats it as a spider does a fly.
這樣長的腳有八只，當這個怪物爬過這森林時，隨意地用一只腳捉住一只野獸，塞到嘴里去，像一只蜘蛛吃著蒼蠅般那么容易。
Not one of us is safe while this fierce creature is alive, and we had called a meeting to decide how to take care of ourselves when you came among us."
只要這個兇猛的怪物活著，我們的安全都無法保證，所以當你來到這里時，我們正在召開一個會議，決定對付那個可怕的家伙。”
The Lion thought for a moment.
獅子想了一會兒，
"Are there any other lions in this forest?" he asked.
它問道：“在這個森林里，還有獅子嗎？”
"No; there were some, but the monster has eaten them all. And, besides, they were none of them nearly so large and brave as you."
“沒有，曾經有過幾只，但是全被怪物吃掉了。而且，它們中沒有一個像你樣強壯而勇敢的。”
"If I put an end to your enemy, will you bow down to me and obey me as King of the Forest?" inquired the Lion.
獅子問道：“如果我殺死了怪物，你們會不會佩服我，并且像對一個森林之王一般地聽從我？”
"We will do that gladly," returned the tiger; and all the other beasts roared with a mighty roar: "We will!"
老虎回答說：“我們都愿意聽從你。”空曠地上響起了所有野獸們一陣有力的吼聲：“我們愿意！”
"Where is this great spider of yours now?" asked the Lion.
獅子問：“現在那個大蜘蛛在哪里？”
"Yonder, among the oak trees," said the tiger, pointing with his forefoot.
“在那邊櫟樹林中，”老虎說著，并用它的前腳指引著。
