Passage 54 Frogs Longing for a King

渴望国王的青蛙

There once lived many frogs in a great pond under a bridge.

从前有许多青蛙住在桥下的一个大池塘里gb4_oXK%)O*LwcWyetpl。

They had an excellent home and all the food they wished, but they were not satisfied.

他们有极好的家，还有很多喜欢的食物，但它们并不满意tZahzni2sihEl0@.TN。

They made speeches in the pond. They said they should have a king.

他们在池塘里发表演讲oBzVNc0!Gz4l@@w1iTi。它们说它们应该有个国王3ABGWKpVk+JJ。

Then they asked the God to give them a king. The God gave them a big piece of wood.

然后它们请求上帝给它们一个国王.k,bu~R#%+MNqN。上帝给了它们一大截木头.&62mGI,8(Us@j_didb。

The wood did not move at all, so the frogs went to ask the God to give them a king which could take action.

木头根本不动，于是这些青蛙去找上帝，要求给它们一个能够采取行动的国王H_3rW|-pmHbluh。

The God sent them an eel, but the frogs thought the eel was too small and did not look like a king, so the eel was not welcome in the pond.

上帝给它们送来一条鳗鱼，但青蛙们认为鳗鱼太小了，看起来不像个国王，因此这条鳗鱼在池塘里不受欢迎RX&Q^VqeDJ7Q@。

Then the frogs went to the God again, for the last time, the frogs were given a storkas their king.

然后它们又去找上帝了，最后一次，上帝给了它们一只白鹤当它们的国王!c!Uf0xb4XxL。

They believed the stork was great, which could rule over them, so they showed honor to the stork.

它们认为这只白鹳很伟大，可以统治它们，于是它们对白鹳表示尊敬T=7|M%#iPEI%;9[N[av。

But the stork ate all the frogs one by one until there was hardly any frog left in the whole pond.

但这只白鹳却把所有的青蛙一个接着一个吃掉了，整个池塘几乎没有青蛙了]7j1Du5h@P。

How much better it would have been for the frogs if they had been satisfied with their life!

如果这些青蛙对它们的生活满意的话那该多好啊！