The Deer and His Image

鹿和它的長相

A deer told himself every day, “I am the most handsome deer in the forest. My large chest is a symbol of my power. And my beautiful horns impress other animals.”

有一只鹿每天都對自己說：“我是這片森林里最好看的鹿。我挺起的胸膛就是力量的象征。其他動物肯定也喜歡我漂亮的犄角。”

But he did not like his legs and hooves. “My legs are narrow, and my hooves are ugly. They do not satisfy me.”

但它不喜歡自己的腿和蹄子。“我的腿這么細(xì)，蹄子這么丑，想到這就不開心。”

One day, the deer saw a big dog. The deer made some noise and disturbed the dog. The dog woke up and chased him. The deer felt terror. He screamed. He did not want to be a victim, so he ran into the forest. His strong legs helped him run fast. His pale brown hooves were hard, so they were not sensitive to rough rocks. However, his horns got caught in branches, slowing him down. His large chest could not fit between thick trees.

有一天，它看見一只大獵狗，于是鹿制造點(diǎn)動靜去騷擾狗。狗驚醒了，然后開始追它，鹿感到很害怕，尖叫起來。它不想成為狗的盤中餐，所以它跑進(jìn)了林子。他強(qiáng)壯的腿讓它健步如飛，而它那雙淡棕色蹄子因?yàn)閳杂捕粫坏厣系氖^所傷。然而，它的犄角卻被樹枝卡住了，并因此減緩了逃命的速度。它那挺起的胸膛在茂密的林子里也幫不上什么忙。

The deer estimated that he ran for an hour. He felt like he was running a marathon. In the end, the deer escaped the threat of the dog. He sat in the shade of a tree. “That was almost a disaster! I almost did not escape because of my chest and horns. My legs and hooves saved me.” As a consequence, the deer learned to honor his fast legs and have confidence in his strong hooves. “Pretty things only supplement important things,” he thought.

跑了約1個小時之后，它感覺自己就像是跑了一場馬拉松。最后，它逃脫了狗的追捕，坐在一片樹蔭下休息。“差點(diǎn)就沒命了！我差點(diǎn)因?yàn)槲业年鹘呛托靥艈拭Ｊ俏业耐群吞阕泳攘宋摇！睆拇耍麑W(xué)會欣賞自己健步如飛的雙腿和強(qiáng)健的蹄子了。“美麗的東西只是錦上添花而已，”它心想。

單詞chest n.胸部

confidence n.信心

consequence n.結(jié)果

disaster n.災(zāi)難

disturb v.打擾

estimate v.估計

honor v.尊敬

impress v.留下深刻印象

marathon n.馬拉松

narrow adj.狹窄的

pale adj.蒼白的

rough adj.粗糙的

satisfy v.使?jié)M意

scream v.尖叫

sensitive adj.敏感的

shade n.陰影

supplement v.補(bǔ)充

terror n.恐怖

threat n.威脅

victim n.受害者