The toad and the frog
癞蛤蟆和青蛙
A toad saw a frog near the road.
一只癞蛤蟆在路边看到一只青蛙。
He was a fat old frog.
那是只又胖又老的青蛙。
He sat and moaned and groaned.
他坐在那里呻吟叹息着。
The toad said, “Do not moan and groan, Mr. Frog.
癞蛤蟆说:“青蛙先生,不要呻吟叹息了。
Hop like me.
像我一样跳吧。
Hop down the road.”
沿着这条路跳。”
So the frog and the toad hopped down the road to a big oak tree.
所以青蛙和癞蛤蟆一起沿着小路跳到一棵大橡树下。
“I am home,” said the toad.
“我到家了,”癞蛤蟆说,
“Come in and I will make tea.”
“进来吧,我来泡茶。”
But the frog said, in a deep croak,
但青蛙用低沉的声音说:
“I should not roam far from home.
“我不能在离家远的地方闲逛,
I will be off to my home near the pond.”
我要回我在池塘边上的家。”