In the past, there was a man named Ai Zi who was fond of sailing on the sea.
One night, Ai Zi had his boat moored1 near a small island Around midnight, he seemed to hear someone weeping or talking under the water. So he listened intently, and soon he heard someone say: "Yesterday the Dragon King issued an order that all living creatures with tails in water are to be beheaded. I am an alligator2 and have a tail. I am very frightened of being slaughtered3, so I am crying. You are a toad4 and don't have a tail. What are you weeping for?"
After a while, Ai Zi seemed to hear someone answer: "Though I have no tail now, I am afraid that I may be traced back to the time when I was a tadpole5 with a tail then, so I am weeping."
從前，有個叫艾子的人，喜歡在海上航行。
一天晚上，船停泊在一個小島的附近。大約半夜時分，他仿佛聽到水底下有人發(fā)出哭泣的聲音，又好像有人在說話。于是，他認認真真地聽了下去。一會兒，他聽到有人說：“昨天龍王下了命令，水中的動物 ，凡是有尾巴的都必須斬首。我是鱷，有尾巴，非常害怕遭到殺戮，所以哭了起來。你是蛤蟆，又沒有尾巴，哭什么呀?”
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一會兒，他仿佛又聽到有人回答說：“我現(xiàn)在雖然沒有尾巴，但是我害怕會追究到我蝌蚪年代的事情上去，因為那時候我是有尾巴的，所以哭泣?！?
1 moored
adj. 系泊的動詞moor的過去式和過去分詞形式
參考例句：
The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London. 該船現(xiàn)在永久地停泊在倫敦泰晤士河邊。 We shipped (the) oars and moored alongside the bank. 我們收起槳，把船泊在岸邊。
2 alligator
n.短吻鱷(一種鱷魚)
參考例句：
She wandered off to play with her toy alligator.她開始玩鱷魚玩具。 Alligator skin is five times more costlier than leather.鱷魚皮比通常的皮革要貴5倍。 <a href=http://www.zequeka.cn/miniform.html>提分快的蘇州初中作文閱讀培訓(xùn)</a>
3 slaughtered
v.屠殺，殺戮，屠宰( slaughter的過去式和過去分詞 )
參考例句：
The invading army slaughtered a lot of people. 侵略軍殺了許多人。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》 Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered. 數(shù)百名無辜平民遭殘殺。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4 toad
n.蟾蜍，癩蛤蟆
參考例句：
Both the toad and frog are amphibian.蟾蜍和青蛙都是兩棲動物。 Many kinds of toad hibernate in winter.許多種蟾蜍在冬天都會冬眠。
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n.[動]蝌蚪
參考例句：
As a tadpole changes into a frog,its tail is gradually absorbed.蝌蚪變成蛙，它的尾巴就逐漸被吸收掉。 It was a tadpole.Now it is a frog.它過去是蝌蚪，現(xiàn)在是一只青蛙。
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