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OLDKUBWA's wicked TRICKS
老庫(kù)巴的壞把戲
The first real fear he had ever known was this terrible fear that some elephant would be able to defeat him.
他所意識(shí)到的第一個(gè)真正的恐懼是害怕大象會(huì)打敗他。
He made up his mind that he would never be driven away.
他下定決心決不讓人把他趕走。
He told himself that he would die first.
他對(duì)自己說(shuō)他會(huì)先死。
He began to watch out for rivals.
他開(kāi)始提防競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手。
Whenever he met any elephant that he thought might prove of danger to him, he began to plot against that elephant.
每當(dāng)他遇到任何他認(rèn)為可能對(duì)他有危險(xiǎn)的大象時(shí)，他就開(kāi)始策劃對(duì)付那頭大象。
And always the elephant came to an unlucky end.
被盯上的大象總是走到倒霉的盡頭。
There was a big, broad-backed fellow who had talked back to him and showed in several ways that he felt himself to be a coming champion.
有一個(gè)身材高大、腰板寬闊的家伙跟他頂嘴，從幾個(gè)方面顯示出他覺(jué)得自己是一個(gè)即將到來(lái)的冠軍。
Kubwa let the big fellow walk ahead one day, and he fell into an elephant pit.
一天，庫(kù)巴讓大個(gè)子走在前面，結(jié)果他掉進(jìn)了一個(gè)象坑里。
Kubwa led the others carefully around the pit, chuckling quietly to himself.
庫(kù)巴帶著其他人小心翼翼地繞著坑邊走，自己靜靜地咯咯笑著。
He was a wicked old fellow, as I said, for he did not stop to put down his trunk and try to give the other a lift out.
正如我說(shuō)的，他是邪惡的老象，因?yàn)樗麤](méi)有停下來(lái)放下箱子，試圖把另一個(gè)抬出去。
He had known all about that pit for years.
他對(duì)那個(gè)坑已經(jīng)知道多年了。
Every year the natives covered it with fresh branches, hoping he would forget and fall into it, but he never forgot.
每年，當(dāng)?shù)厝硕加眯迈r的樹(shù)枝把它覆蓋起來(lái)，希望他能忘記，然后掉進(jìn)去，但他從來(lái)沒(méi)有忘記。
There was another elephant who began to think himself more than a match for Kubwa.
另一頭大象開(kāi)始認(rèn)為自己是庫(kù)巴的對(duì)手。
He had sharp. wide-apart tusks, and a very hasty, irritable temper.
他有鋒利的、分得很開(kāi)的象牙，脾氣急躁易怒。
Kubwa told him about a fruit tree one day in the forest, and the elephant hurried over to it and walked between two little trees in front of it.
一天，庫(kù)巴告訴他森林里有一棵果樹(shù)，大象急忙走過(guò)去，走在兩棵小樹(shù)之間。
Between the trees a poisoned spear fastened to the end of a log arm fell down and put an end to him.
在樹(shù)林之間，一根綁在一根大木頭上的毒矛掉了下來(lái)，把他打死了。
Kubwa had known all about that trap.
庫(kù)巴對(duì)那個(gè)陷阱了如指掌。
