The Ant and the Dove螞蟻和鴿子

昕慧

無論我們的朋友平凡與否，都有可能在我們身處困境的時候提供巨大的幫助。螞蟻和鴿子的故事就講述了一個關于知恩圖報和互相幫助的道理。讓我們一起來讀讀這個故事吧！

An ant went to the river to get a drink. The water rushed along so fast that he was washed off the bank into the river.

“I shall drown！” he cried. “Help！ Help！ Help！” But his voice was so tiny that nobody can hear it.

A dove was sitting in a tree over the water. She saw the ant struggling，and quickly nipped off a leaf and let it fall into the water. The ant climbed upon it and got saved.

The ant called out in his tiny voice，“Thank you，kind dove，you have saved my life.” But of course the dove could not hear him.

Several days after this，the dove was again sitting in the tree.

A hunter crept carefully up to the tree. He pointed his gun at the dove and was about to shoot. Then the ant bit his leg.

He cried out with pain and dropped his gun. The dove heard the sound and flew away.

rush（水流）奔涌

wash沖走

bank岸邊

drown淹死

tiny微小的

dove鴿子

struggle掙扎

nip off掐掉

climb爬

upon在……之上

save挽救

call out大聲叫喊

save ones life救了某人的命

hunter獵人

creep躡手躡腳（過去式：crept）

point指向

gun槍

be about to即將，剛要

shoot射擊

bite咬（過去式：bit）

pain疼痛

drop掉

sound聲音