It was good luck for him that he did not get into trouble, because at first he did not learn except from his own experience. Elephants and people who depend upon experience alone often get into trouble.
幸運(yùn)的是，他沒(méi)有陷入困境，因?yàn)橐婚_(kāi)始他除了從自己的經(jīng)驗(yàn)中學(xué)習(xí)之外，什么也沒(méi)學(xué)到。大象和僅僅依靠經(jīng)驗(yàn)的人往往會(huì)陷入困境。
After a time, because as I said, he was a wise elephant even when he was young, he learned from the experiences of others, from those he saw and those he heard about. But in the beginning it was just luck that saved him. For instance, there was the adventure with the crocodile. Ever since he could remember, his mother had always been cautioning him not to put his trunk in the river to drink until he had looked out for crocodiles. His mother always used to wade in the stream and cast her bright beady eyes upstream and down and thrash around a bit; then she would put her trunk swiftly into the river and drink in the delicious water.
過(guò)了片刻，這頭大象從別人的經(jīng)驗(yàn)中學(xué)習(xí)，從他所看到的和所聽(tīng)到的中學(xué)習(xí)，因?yàn)榫拖裎艺f(shuō)的，他年輕的時(shí)候就是一頭聰明的大象。但一開(kāi)始，是運(yùn)氣救了他。例如，有一個(gè)關(guān)于鱷魚的冒險(xiǎn)故事。從他記事起，他的母親就一直告誡他，把他的鼻子放到河里去喝水時(shí)要小心鱷魚。他的母親總是在河里趟著水，那雙明亮的、亮晶晶的眼睛上上下下地掃視著周圍；然后，她會(huì)把鼻子迅速投入河里，喝在美味的水。
But Kubwa never saw any sense in waiting for something he wanted. So one day he scrambled out of the line of march and ran on ahead toward the river. Another little elephant ran along with him, because a bad example is as contagious as the measles. Down to the bend in the stream went Kubwa, and in went his trunk. Down went the other elephant, and in went his trunk. And suddenly the other elephant gave a gurgling cry of fright and then a shrill, terror-stricken squeal. Something under water had seized that trunk in its firm jaws and was pulling him in.
但是，庫(kù)布瓦認(rèn)為，等待他想要的東西沒(méi)有任何意義。于是有一天，他從隊(duì)伍里爬出來(lái)，朝河邊跑去。另一只小象跟著他跑，因?yàn)閴陌駱酉衤檎钜粯訒?huì)傳染。庫(kù)伯瓦走下河灣，把他的鼻子放了進(jìn)去。另一頭大象走了下來(lái)，它的鼻子也進(jìn)去了。突然，另一頭大象發(fā)出了一聲由于害怕而發(fā)出的咯咯的叫聲，接著是一聲尖叫，驚恐萬(wàn)分。水下的什么東西用結(jié)實(shí)的下顎咬住了象鼻，把他拉了進(jìn)去。
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