The toad and the frog
癩蛤蟆和青蛙
A toad saw a frog near the road.
一只癩蛤蟆在路邊看到一只青蛙。
He was a fat old frog.
那是只又胖又老的青蛙。
He sat and moaned and groaned.
他坐在那里呻吟嘆息著。
The toad said, “Do not moan and groan, Mr. Frog.
癩蛤蟆說:“青蛙先生,不要呻吟嘆息了。
Hop like me.
像我一樣跳吧。
Hop down the road.”
沿著這條路跳。”
So the frog and the toad hopped down the road to a big oak tree.
所以青蛙和癩蛤蟆一起沿著小路跳到一棵大橡樹下。
“I am home,” said the toad.
“我到家了,”癩蛤蟆說,
“Come in and I will make tea.”
“進來吧,我來泡茶。”
But the frog said, in a deep croak,
但青蛙用低沉的聲音說:
“I should not roam far from home.
“我不能在離家遠的地方閑逛,
I will be off to my home near the pond.”
我要回我在池塘邊上的家。”