The Lion and the Mouse 狮子和小老鼠
▲One day, a Lion was taking a nap.
Soon,a little Mouse came running by.
He was in a hurry to get home.
The Mouse did not see the Lion.
So he ran right over the Lion’s nose!
有一天，狮子正在打盹儿.
不一会儿，一只小老鼠跑了过来。
他急着要回家。
小老鼠没有注意到狮子。
所以他径直地从狮子的鼻子上跑了过去
▲The Lion woke up with a loud roar.
He grabbed the little Mouse with his big paw.
“I’M GOING TO EAT YOU!”roared the lion.
“YOU WOKE ME UP!”
The Lion opened his big jaws.
He was going to eat the little Mouse!
“Dear Lion, please do not eat me!”said the Mouse.
“I did not mean to wake you up. Please let me go!”
狮子大声咆哮着醒了。
他用他那巨大的爪子一把抓住了小老鼠。
“我要吃了你！”狮子咆哮道。“你把我弄醒了！”
狮子张开大嘴巴。他要吃了小老鼠！
“亲爱的狮子，请不要吃掉我！”小老鼠乞求道，
“我不是故意弄醒你的。求你放我走吧！”
▲The little Mouse kept talking and begging.
“Dear Lion, please, please let me go!
If you do, maybe one day I will help you.”
The Lion laughed at the little Mouse.
He laughed so hard that he could not stop.
“You think you can help me?”he asked.
“How could a little Mouse ever help me?”
小老鼠不停地求饶。
“亲爱的狮子啊，求你了，求你放我走吧！
如果你放了我，或许有一天，我能帮到你呢。”
狮子看着小老鼠笑了。
他放声大笑，甚至都停不下来了。
“你觉得你能帮助我？”他问道。
“一只小老鼠怎么帮我？”
▲“What a funny little Mouse you are!”
said the Lion.
“I think I will let you go.
I am not that hungry, anyway.”
The little Mouse was so happy!
He ran off to his home.
“Thank you, dear Lion!”he called.
But the Lion did not hear him.
He was still laughing too hard!
狮子说道：“你真是一只有意思的小老鼠！”
“我觉得我会放你走的。再说，我也没有那么饿。”
小老鼠高兴极了！他一路跑回了家。
“谢谢你，亲爱的狮子！”他大喊道。
但是，狮子没有听见他的喊声。
他还在那狂笑不止呢。
▲A few days later, the Lion was out walking.
Suddenly, a hunter’s net trapped him.
He was caught.
The Lion roared and tried to get free.
But he was trapped!
The little Mouse was close by.
He was taking a nap.
The Mouse woke up when he heard the Lion roar.
“The Lion needs my help,”he said.
So he went to find the Lion.
几天之后，狮子在外面走路。突然，猎人的网将他罩住了。
他被抓到了。狮子咆哮着，试图获得自由。
但是，它还是被困住了。
小老鼠就在附近。他在打盹儿。
当他听到狮子的吼声，他醒了。
“狮子需要我的帮助。”他说道。
于是，他出发去寻找狮子。
▲The little Mouse saw the Lion in the hunter’s net.
“I will help you, dear Lion,”he said.
“Do not be silly, little Mouse,”said the Lion.
“What can you do?No one can help me now!”
“I can help you,”said the little Mouse.
So the Mouse went to work.
小老鼠看到，狮子被困在了猎人的网里面。
说道：“我会帮助你，亲爱的狮子。”
“不要这么傻了，小老鼠，”狮子说道，
“你能做什么？现在没有人能帮我！”
“我能帮你”。小老鼠说。
于是他开始行动起来。
▲He bit at the ropes with his little teeth.
He bit and he chewed. He chewed and he bit.
Then he bit and he chewed some more.
It took the little Mouse a long time.
But at last, the Lion was free!
“How can I thank you?”asked the Lion.
“What can I do for you?”
他用他的小牙咬着绳子。
他不停地咬呀，啃呀，啃呀，咬呀。
慢慢地，他咬断的绳子越来越多。
小老鼠花了好长一段时间。
但是最后，狮子还是重获自由啦！
“我该怎么感谢你？”狮子问道，
“我能为你做些什么呢？”
▲“Well, there is one thing,”said the Mouse.
“I want to be your friend.”
And so it was.
The Lion and the Mouse became best friends.
And the Lion learned this lesson:
“A little friend can be the best friend of all!”
“好吧，有一件事，”小老鼠说，“我想和你做朋友！”
狮子答应了。
于是，狮子和小老鼠成为了最好的朋友。
而且狮子还明白了一个道理：
“虽然是个渺小的朋友，却可以成为最好的朋友！”

读完了这篇文章，我悟出了一个道理：处世要沉着冷静，机智勇敢。当老鼠
遇到比自己强百倍的狮子时，
它虽然很害怕，
但它还是千方百计地寻找逃生的机
会，表现得很勇敢也很机智。我们在遇到困难时，也要勇敢面对。这个故事还告
诉我们一个道理：尺有所短，寸有所长。在生活和学习中，每个人都不能妄自菲
薄，一定要树立信心，天生我才必有用。老鼠帮狮子脱险，说明小老鼠也有它的
一技之长。千万不要向狮子那样，自高自大，小看别人。俗语说的好“众人拾柴
火焰高”。每个人都有自身的优点，我们应该相互学习，取长补短，共同进步！