双语故事：想飞翔的小小象

On the third day after he was born, Little Elephant went with his mother to the banks of a stream, and there he saw a bird in the sky flying here and there. Little Elephant said: “If I could fly, I could see even more things, it would be great!”

小象出生后第三天，跟随母亲来到一条小溪边，看到一只鸟在天空飞来飞去。小象说：“如果我能飞，我就能看到更多的东西，那该多好啊！

In order to learn to fly, Little Elephant climbed a tree and, with a yelp of “Ai Yo!”, fell heavily to the ground.

”为了学会飞，小象爬上一棵树，大喊一声“哎哟！”，结果重重地摔到了地上。

Seeing this, the snake said: “Little elephant, we all have our own abilities. I can’t fly, but I can sleep in a tree.”

看到这一幕，蛇说：“小象，我们每个人都有自己的能力。我不能飞，但我可以在树上睡觉。

Lion said: “I also can’t fly, but I can jump across a wide river.”

”狮子说：“我也不能飞，但我可以跳过一条宽阔的河流。

Tiger said, “I can’t fly, but I can swim!”

”老虎说：“我不能飞，但我会游泳！

Little Elephant’s father and mother said to him, “We elephants have great strength, incomparably greater than that little bird’s.”

”小象的父母对他说：“我们大象拥有强大的力量，比那只小鸟强大得多。

Little Elephant understood. He used his long nose as a hook and moved a large branch.

”小象听懂了。他用自己的长鼻子当钩子，移动了一根大树枝。