THE MOUSE, THE FROG, AND THE HAWK

A Mouse and a Frog struck up a friendship; they were not well mated, for the Mouse lived entirely on land, while the Frog was equally at home on land or in the water. In order that they might never be separated, the Frog tied himself and the Mouse together by the leg with a piece of thread. As long as they kept on dry land all went fairly well; but, coming to the edge of a pool, the Frog jumped in, taking the Mouse with him, and began swimming about and croaking with pleasure. The unhappy Mouse, however, was soon drowned, and floated about on the surface in the wake of the Frog. There he was spied by a Hawk, who pounced down on him and seized him in his talons. The Frog was unable to loose the knot which bound him to the Mouse, and thus was carried off along with him and eaten by the Hawk.

老鼠、青蛙和鹰

有一只老鼠和一只青蛙成了好朋友，但是他们并不常在一起，因为老鼠完全生活在陆地上，而青蛙是两栖动物，有时候在陆地上安家，有时候居住在水中。为了能够一直在一起，青蛙用一根绳子将自己和老鼠的腿绑在了一起。他们在陆地上时，一切都非常好，而到了池塘边缘的时候，青蛙一跃而入，老鼠被他带下了水。青蛙在水中游来游去，高兴地呱呱叫，而可怜的老鼠很快便被淹死了，漂在水面上，被青蛙拖着。这时，一只鹰看到了老鼠，俯冲下来，将老鼠抓在爪子中。而青蛙却没有办法松开绑住他和老鼠的绳结，于是也被鹰抓走吃掉了。