The Jackal And The Sun Child

豺狼與太陽寶寶

A jackal is a wild dog with a big black back. It resides in the desert. But how did the jackal get his black back? This was how it happened.

豺狼是一種野生的狗，背部有一大塊黑色印記。它們出沒在沙漠中。但它們背部的黑色印記是怎么回事呢？下面我們來講講這個故事。

One day, the jackal saw a girl. She was sitting upon a rock. She was not a normal child. She was a rare and beautiful sun child. She was bright and warm like the sun. The child saw the jackal and smiled.

有一天，豺狼看到一個小女孩坐在一塊石頭上。但這不是普通人家的孩子，她是太陽之子，很少見也很漂亮。她就像太陽那樣明亮和溫暖。女孩看到了豺狼并朝它笑了笑。

She said, “Jackal, I have been relaxing on this rock for too long. I must get home soon. But, I am slow and you are fast. You will likely get me home more quickly.” Then she requested, “Will you carry me home? If you do, I’ll give you a gift. This necklace belongs to me, but I will give it to you.”

她說道：“豺狼啊，我在這休息太久了，我得趕快回到家去。但我自己走得很慢，而你跑得快。你可以很快把我送回家區。”她又請求道：“你可以背我回家嗎？如果你愿意，我會送你一件禮物，我把我的項鏈作為禮物送給你?！?/p>

The wild jackal agreed. So the sun child sat on the dog’s back. They started to walk. But soon, the jackal felt ill. The sun child was very hot on his back. The heat was hurting his back very badly. “I made a terrible error in judgment.” he thought. He shouldn’t have agreed to carry her. So he asked her to get off.

豺狼答應了她的請求。它馱著小女孩開始往家走。但沒過多久，它就覺得難受起來。它背上的太陽之子渾身灼熱，它的背部被小女孩散發出的熱量灼傷了?！拔易隽藗€錯誤的決定，”它心想。真不該答應她的。所以它開始反悔了，讓小女孩從它背上下來。

But she did not. The jackal’s back continued to get hotter and hotter. He had to get away from the sun child. So he made a plan. First, he ran as fast as he could. He hoped the sun child would fall off. But she did not. So when the sun child was looking at the sky, not aware of the jackal’s next plan, he jumped into a field of flowers. As a result, the child rolled off his back. The jackal ran away.

但小女孩不愿意下來。豺狼的背部越來越熱，它必須想辦法擺脫小女孩。所以它想了個計劃。首先，它用盡全力奔跑，希望能把女孩抖落下來。但是失敗了。所以當女孩看著天空沒留意到豺狼的第二計劃時，豺狼跳進了一片花海中，終于把小女孩摔了下來。豺狼一溜煙逃跑了。

But the sun child left a mark on the jackal’s back, a visible black mark. Ever since his experience with the sun child, the jackal has had a black back.

但小女孩在它背部留下了一個明顯的黑色印記。從那以后，豺狼背上就有了那塊黑色印記。

單詞

aware adj.意識的，知道的

badly adv.非常，很，嚴重地

belong n.屬于

continue v.繼續，持續

error n.錯誤

experience n.經驗，經歷

field n.田野

hurt v.傷害

judgment n.判斷

likely adv.可能地

normal adj.正常的

rare adj.稀有的

relax v.放松

request v.要求，請求

reside v.居住

result n.結果

roll v.滾動

since prep.自…以來

visible adj.可見的

wild adj.野生的