A cruel lion lived in the forest.
森林里住着一只严格的狮子。
Every day, he killed and ate a lot of animals.
每一天，他杀死并吃了许多动物。
The other animals were afraid the lion would kill them all.
其他动物惧怕狮子会把他们悉数杀死。
The animals told the lion,
动物们告诉狮子，
“Let’s make a deal. If you promise to eat only one animal each day,
咱们做个生意吧。假定你保证每天只吃一只动物
then one of us will come to you every day.
咱们中的一个每天都会来找你
Then you don’t have to hunt and kill us.”
那你就不必猎杀咱们了
The plan sounded well thought-out to the lion, so he agreed,
这个方案对狮子来说是经过沉思熟虑的，所以他附和了。
but he also said,
但它也说，
“If you don’t come every day, I promise to kill all of you the next day!”
假定你不每天都来，我保证第二天杀了你们一切人！
Each day after that, one animal went to the lion so that the lion could eat it.
从那今后，每天都有一只动物到狮子跟前，好让狮子吃。
Then, all the other animals were safe.
然后，一切其他的动物都是平安的。
Finally, it was the rabbit’s turn to go to the lion.
最终，轮到兔子去找狮子了。
The rabbit went
very slowly that day, so the lion was angry when the rabbit finally arrived.
那一天兔子走得很慢，所以当兔子总算到的时分狮子很生气。
The lion angrily asked the rabbit, “Why are you late?”
狮子愤恨地问兔子：“你为啥迟到？“
“I was hiding from another lion in the forest.
我在森林里躲避另一头狮子。
That lion said he was the king, so I was afraid.”
那只狮子说他是国王，所以我很惧怕。
The lion told the rabbit,
狮子告诉兔子，
“I am the only king here! Take me to that other
lion, and I will kill him.
我是这儿仅有的国王！带我去见另一头狮子，我就杀了他。
The rabbit replied, “I will be happy to show you where he lives.”
兔子答复说：“我很愿意告诉你他住在哪里。”
The rabbit led the lion to an old well in the middle of the forest.
兔子把狮子带到森林中心的一口老井边。
The well was very deep with water at the bottom.
这口井很深，底部有水。
The rabbit told the lion, “Look in there. The lion lives at the bottom.”
兔子对狮子说：“往里看。狮子住在底层。
When the lion looked in the well, he could see his own face in the water.
当狮子往井里看的时分，他可以在水中看到自个挡莩。
He thought that was the other lion.
他认为那是另一头狮子
Without waiting another moment, the lion jumped into the well to attack the other lion.
狮子没等顷刻就跳进井里去进犯另一头狮子。
He never came out.
他历来没有出来过
All of the other ammals in the forest were very pleased with the rabbit’s clever trick
森林里的一切其他安玛人都对兔子的狡计很满足。
