Tricky Turtle

狡猾的烏龜

Ricky the rabbit and Tera the turtle met by the edge of the river. “No one is capable of beating me in a race!” Ricky said. He was confident-his smile conveyed that.

兔子里基在河邊遇到了烏龜特拉。“沒人跑得比我快！”里基說。他滿懷信心-他的笑容說明了一切。

I can beat you, Tera said.

“我能打敗你，”特拉說。

Ricky laughed with delight.

里基開懷大笑起來。

Tera said, “We will race tomorrow. The destination is the hill.”

特拉說道：“我們明天來一場比賽，終點是那座山。”

Ricky agreed. Tera concentrated on winning the race. She was not faster than Ricky. She needed a definite way to succeed. She told her family about the race, “I have concluded that I have to resort to something bad. I will cheat.” She dictated her instructions to them.

里基同意了。特拉一心想要贏得比賽，但她跑得并沒有里基快。她得找到超過里基的辦法。她把這件事告訴了家人。“我已經想過了，我要使點伎倆。”她把自己的計劃告訴了家人。

At the race, they all wore white feathers. They looked exactly the same! Then, her family members hid in shadows on the path.

比賽時，他們都披上了白色的羽毛，看起來都一模一樣！然后，她的家人們事先藏在了比賽路上。

The race began. Tera was soon far behind. However, Tera’s brother hid behind a bush in the valley below. When Ricky got close, Tera’s brother began to run. He looked just like Tera! Ricky ran as fast as he could along the path. But, to him, it seemed like Tera was always ahead. Ricky had used a considerable amount of energy.

比賽開始了。特拉很快就別里基遠遠甩在了后面。但她的哥哥已經事先藏在了下面山谷里的灌木叢中，他趁里基快到的時候就開始跑。他和特拉看起來一模一樣！里基盡全力向前跑，但特拉好像永遠跑在自己的前面。里基消耗了大量的體力。

He reached the top, but Tera’s sister was already there. “Well, you win,” Ricky said.

他跑到了終點，但特拉的姐姐早已等候在那里。“好吧，算你贏了，”里基說道。

Later, Tera had a broad smile on her face. Ricky never suspected. He had been tricked by a family of slow turtles.

事后，特拉滿臉堆笑。里基一直未發現其中的貓膩，他被一群行動遲緩的烏龜騙了。

單詞

broad adj.寬的

bush n.灌木

capable adj.有能力的

cheat v.欺騙，作弊

concentrate v.全神貫注

conclude v.總結

confident adj.自信的

considerable adj.相當大的

convey v.說服

definite adj.一定的，確切的

delight n.高興

destination n.目的地

dictate y.口述

edge n.邊緣

path n.道路

resort v.求助

shadow n.陰影

succeed v.成功

suspect v.懷疑

valley n.山谷