Never Make Fun of a Rhino千万不要取笑犀牛

Once， on the African plains1， there lived a rhino who got angry very easily. Oneday， a giant turtle went into the rhino’s territory2 unaware3. The rhino quickly ranover to the turtle to drive it away. The turtle was scared and withdrew4 into its shell5.

When the rhino said that the turtle must get out of his territory， there was noanswer from the turtle. The rhino was very angry， so he started hitting the shell tomake the turtle come out. It didn’t work， so he hit it harder. The poor turtle was hitto fly in all ways. It looked a bit like a game of football， with the turtle as the ball.

It was quite interesting， and a group of monkeys soon went over and enjoyed it.They laughed and laughed at the angry rhino and his fight with the turtle.

The rhino was so angry that he didn’t even notice that they were there. Whenhe had to stop for a second to get his breath6， he could hear the laughing andjoking of the monkeys. They were making fun of him in every way you can think of.

Neither the rhino， nor the turtle enjoyed the fact that a group of monkeys werelaughing at them. So， they exchanged7 a knowing look and the turtle went backinside his shell. This time the rhino took a run up and shot8 the giant turtle. Themonkeys were all hit down and got hurt. At the same time， the rhino and the turtlewent off， smiling like old friends. The monkeys now knew they’d better find a betterway to amuse9 themselves than making fun of others.

从前，在非洲平原上，住着一只非常容易生气的犀牛。一天，一只巨龟意外地闯入了犀牛的领地。犀牛迅速跑向乌龟，想把它赶走。乌龟吓坏了，缩回到龟壳里。

当犀牛说乌龟必须离开自己的领地时，乌龟没有回答。犀牛非常生气，于是开始敲打龟壳想让乌龟出来。但这没用，所以它敲打得更狠了。这只可怜的乌龟被打得到处飞。这看起来有点像足球比赛，球是乌龟。

这很有趣，一群猴子很快就走过去欣赏起来。它们都在大笑，取笑愤怒的犀牛和它与乌龟的战斗。

犀牛非常生气，甚至没有注意到猴子们在那里。当它不得不停下来喘口气时，它能听到猴子们的嬉笑声了。它们用你能想到的各种方式取笑它。

犀牛和乌龟都不喜欢一群猴子嘲笑自己。于是，它们交换了一个会意的眼神，乌龟缩回到了壳里。这次犀牛跑上前把巨龟踢射了出去。猴子们都被撞倒受伤了。与此同时，犀牛和乌龟像老朋友一样微笑着离开了。猴子们现在明白了，它们最好能找到比取笑它人更好的自娱自乐的方式。

（英语原文选自：freestoriesforkids.com）