The wolf and the fox want to eat the rabbit, but it wasn't easy to catch him.
One day the wolf says to the fox, "You go home and lie1 in bed. I'll tell the rabbit that you are dead2. When he comes to look at you, you can jump up and catch him." That's a good idea," says the fox.
The fox goes home at once. The wolf goes to the rabbit's house and knocked3 at the door. "Who is it?" asks the rabbit. "It's the wolf. I come to tell you that the fox is dead." Then the wolf goes away.
The rabbit goes to the fox's house. He looked in through the window and sees the fox lying4 in bed with his eyes closed5. He thinks, "Is the fox really dead or is he pretending6 to be dead? If he's not dead, he'll catch me when I go near him." so he said7, "The wolf says that the fox is dead. But he doesn't look like a dead fox. The mouth of a dead fox is always open." When the fox hears this, he thinks, "I'll show him that I'm dead." So he opened his mouth.
The rabbit knows that the fox isn't dead, and he rans away quickly.
狼和狐貍想要吃掉兔子，但是這只兔子太難抓到了。
一天，狼對(duì)狐貍說(shuō)：“你回家假裝躺在床上。我去告訴兔子你已經(jīng)死了。當(dāng)他來(lái)看你的時(shí)候，你就可以跳起來(lái)抓住他了。”“真是個(gè)好主意！”狐貍說(shuō)。
于是他立刻回到家。狼去兔子的房前敲了敲門(mén)，“是誰(shuí)啊？”兔子問(wèn)道。“狼，我是來(lái)告訴你狐貍已經(jīng)死了?！闭f(shuō)完狼就走開(kāi)了。
兔子去狐貍家看情況。他通過(guò)狐貍家的窗戶看到閉著眼睛的狐貍躺在床上。他想，狐貍是真的死了，還是在假裝呢？如果他沒(méi)有死，那么我走近他就會(huì)被他抓住。于是他說(shuō)：“狼說(shuō)狐貍死了。但是他看起來(lái)并不像死掉了呀。死去的狐貍通常都是張著嘴的?！焙偮?tīng)到這些話就想：我得證明自己是真的死了。于是他張開(kāi)了嘴巴。
這時(shí)兔子知道狐貍并沒(méi)有死，他就以最快的速度跑開(kāi)啦。
1 lie
n.謊話；謊言；vi.躺；平放；展現(xiàn)；展開(kāi)；位于；vt.說(shuō)謊；躺
參考例句：
We are looking for a place to lie.我們?cè)谡姨傻牡胤?。 What did I lie about?我撒了什么謊？
2 dead
adj.死的；無(wú)生命的；死氣沉沉的；adv.完全地
參考例句：
Mary threw away the dead flowers.瑪麗把枯萎的花扔掉了。 He was dead asleep.他完全睡著了。
3 knocked
v.敲，擊，打( knock的過(guò)去式和過(guò)去分詞 )；（心）怦怦跳；把…撞擊成（某種狀態(tài)）；批評(píng)
參考例句：
His glasses had been knocked askew by the blow. 他的眼鏡一下子被打歪了。 He knocked three times and waited. 他敲了三下門(mén)就等著。
4 lying
躺
參考例句：
He was correct in his assertion that the minister had been lying. 他認(rèn)定部長(zhǎng)說(shuō)謊，事實(shí)果然如此。 She bridled at the suggestion that she was lying. 她對(duì)暗示她在說(shuō)謊的言論嗤之以鼻。
5 closed
adj.關(guān)閉的；封閉的
參考例句：
He closed his eyes.他閉上了眼睛。 He was out of work when the factory closed.他在工廠倒閉后失業(yè)了。
6 pretending
v.假裝( pretend的現(xiàn)在分詞 )；偽裝；（尤指兒童）（在游戲中）裝扮；自詡
參考例句：
He deceived her by pretending to be a famous movie star. 他冒充著名電影明星來(lái)騙她。 來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》 "We have a mission to perform. Quit pretending." cried he angrily. 他生氣地高喊一聲：“我們有任務(wù)， 別裝蒜。” 來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
7 said
v.動(dòng)詞say的過(guò)去式、過(guò)去分詞
參考例句：
He said to me that he could not come.他對(duì)我說(shuō)他不能來(lái)。 He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他對(duì)他的母親說(shuō)他將自己獨(dú)立做那件事
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