Turtle Gets the Last Laugh

(Originally in English)

Once upon a time in the forest, there was a very bad drought. And all the animals were dying because of a big famine. So the lion king gathered all the animals together to find a solution, to save the lives of his subjects. And then some animals suggested that since the time was very bad and the situation was so grave, they would have to eat each other to survive. But they also didn't want to eat each other so much, so they made a competition. Every one of them had to tell a joke.

The joke had to be very funny, and everyone had to laugh.

If it happened to be not funny enough so that even one of the animals in the assembly didn't laugh, then that animal had to be eaten. They had to eat each other to survive, because there was no food.So the elephant came out and told a joke. And it was very funny! Everyone was rolling on the floor, laughing until they had stomach pains.

But just one animal didn't laugh: the turtle. Ah! So everyone felt sorry, because the joke was really funny. But rules are rules. The turtle didn't laugh, so they went ahead and ate the elephant. And then they continued with another animal, the giraffe. He also told a very funny joke. Everyone laughed except the turtle; the turtle didn't laugh. Okay,rules are rules. So they ate the giraffe. And so on, and so on. After a while, almost all the animals had been eaten.

Only a few were left when it came to the turn of the monkey to tell a joke, and he was very scared. He was nervous; he was trembling. He looked at the turtle and dared not open his mouth. But suddenly the turtle started laughing. "Ha ha ha ha! Ah ha ha ha! Ah ha ha! That was funny! The joke the elephant told was so funny!"

乌龟终于笑了

　有一次森林里发生很严重的干旱，所有动物都因为大饥荒而濒临死亡，狮子王为了拯救它子民的生命，就集合所有动物一起商量对策。有些动物建议，因为事态严重，唯有互相吃才能存活，但大家又不想有太多动物牺牲，所以就办了一场比赛，每个动物都要讲一个笑话，这个笑话必须很有趣，让每个动物都笑，而如果有笑话不有趣，即使只有一个动物不笑，那个讲笑话的动物就要被吃掉。因为没有食物，它们必须互相吃才能存活。

大象就上来讲了一个笑话，非常有趣，大家都笑到肚子痛而在地上打滚，但只有一个动物不笑，那就是乌龟。啊！大家都很难过，因为那个笑话真的很有趣，但因为乌龟没笑，所以必须遵守规定，结果大家就吃了大象。接着是长颈鹿，它也讲了个很有趣的笑话，大家都开怀大笑，但就只有乌龟还是不笑，但必须遵守规定，所以大家又吃了长颈鹿。然后比赛就这样继续下去，过了一会儿，几乎所有动物都被吃掉了，只有少数还活着，这时轮到猴子讲笑话，它害怕紧张的发抖，猴子看着乌龟，而不敢开口，突然间乌龟笑了：「哈！哈！哈！啊！哈！哈！太好笑了！大象讲的笑话太好笑了！」