One day the staff members of a zoo called a meeting to discuss the problem--how to deal with the kangaroos that were found out of the cage. They came to the conclusion that the cage was placed too low and decided to raise it from one to two meters high. But the next day the kangaroos were still at large and they again raised the cage to three meters.
Quite beyond their expectation the next morning they saw the kangaroos still free to go about. They were alarmed and determined to go to all the length by raising the cage to the height of ten meters.
Later a giraffe, while chatting with some kangaroos, asked them, “Do you think they will go on raising your cage?”
“Hard to say,” said a kangaroo, “if they continue forgetting to fasten the cage door.”
有一天，動物園的管理員們 發現袋鼠從籠子裏跑出來了， 於是開會討論，一致認為是籠子的高度過低，所以他們決定將籠子的高度由原來的1米加高到2米。結果第二天他們發現，袋鼠還是跑到外面來，所以他們又決定再將高度加高到3米。
沒想到隔天居然又看到袋鼠全跑到外面，於是管理 員們大為緊張，決定一不做二不休，將籠子的高度加高到10米。
一天，長頸鹿和幾隻袋鼠在閒聊，“你們看，這些人 會不會再繼續加高你們的籠子？”長頸鹿問。
“很難説。”袋鼠説，“如果他們再繼續忘記關門的話！”
One day, a monkey rides his bike near the river.
This time he sees a lion under a tree. The lion runs at him. He is afraid and falls into the river. He can’t swim. He shouts.
The rabbit hears him. He jumps into the river. The rabbit swims to the monkey, but he can’t help him.
Luckily, an elephant comes along. He is very strong. He helps the rabbit and monkey.
Three friends are very happy. They go to the elephant’s home. Then, three of them become good friends.
一天，一隻猴子在河邊騎車。
這時他看見樹下有一隻獅子，獅子向他跑來。他非常的害怕，掉進河裏。他不會游泳，大叫起來。
兔子聽見了，跳進水裏，但他卻沒有辦法救猴子。
幸運的是，一隻大象過來了。大象非常強壯，救出了兔子和猴子。
他們非常地高興，來到大象的家，在那裏吃了一頓大餐。從此他們成了好朋友。
An unlucky fox fell into a well. It was quite deep, so he could not get out by himself.
A goat passed by. He asked the fox what he was doing in the well. "Oh, have you not heard?" said the fox. "There is going to be a great drought, so I jumped down to get some water. Why don’t you come down here too?"
The goat believed his words, and jumped down into the well.
But the fox immediately jumped on the goat’s back and up to the edge of the well.
"Good-bye, friend," said the fox. "Remember next time don’t trust the advice of a man in difficulties."
【參考譯文】
一隻不走運的狐狸，失足掉到了井裏。井很深，他無法跳出來。
一隻山羊經過這裏，便問狐狸在井下做什麼。狐狸説：“哦，你沒有聽説嗎？這裏將要大旱，因此我跳進來取水，為什麼你不下來一起喝呢？”
山羊相信了狐狸的話，就真的跳進井裏。
狐狸立即跳上山羊的背，又一跳，跳上了井沿。
“再見，朋友，”狐狸説，“記住，不要相信一個身陷麻煩的人的建議。”
寓意： 處於困境之中的人為了擺脱困境，往往不惜犧牲別人的利益，所以他們的建議常常是不可信的。
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