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螃蟹和贝壳

2020-05-13杨舟

中学生英语·中考指导版 2020年12期

杨舟

Once there was a stubborn1 hermit crab2 and a wise seahorse. The crab went to the seahorses house and knocked on his door. The Seahorse answered， and the crab said， “I need a new shell， and I would like you to help me find one.” The seahorse agreed to go with him.

They came near a small cave and saw an outline3 of a seashell in the darkness. The crab dragged the shell outside and saw that this pretty shell had blue and red spots all over it and was smooth and clean inside.

“This shell isnt good enough，” said the crab.

“But look at the pretty blue and red spots and how clean and smooth it is inside！” said seahorse.

“I dont care.”

So they moved along.

Upon the sandy sea floor lay a beautiful white shell with a green swirl4. The inside was even cleaner and smoother than the one before. But the crab said， “No， its not good enough！”

“But its so magnificently5 beautiful！” said seahorse. The crab disagreed and they moved on.

“You know，” said the wise seahorse， “youre never going to find the best shell， because theres no such thing.”

They continued through a coral6 reef7， and all of a sudden a great fish appeared. The stubborn crab grabbed8 the nearest shell and shoved9 himself in it. The fish bit the shell， but it was too hard for the fish to crack， so he swam away.

Then the crab saw how ugly and dirty the shell was. When he tried to take it off， it was so dirty and grippy10 inside that he couldnt！

Thus， the crab was stuck with that shell for the rest of his stubborn life.

以前有一只倔強的寄居蟹和一只聪明的海马。螃蟹来到海马家，敲响了他的门。海马应门后，螃蟹说：“我需要一个新的贝壳，希望你帮我找到一个。”海马同意了和他一起去。

他们走近一个小洞，看见黑暗中有一个贝壳的轮廓。螃蟹把贝壳拖到外面，看到这个漂亮的贝壳外表满是蓝色和红色的斑点，里面光滑而干净。

“这个贝壳不够好，”螃蟹说。

“但是看看那些漂亮的蓝点和红点，看看里面多么干净和光滑啊！”海马说。

“我不在乎。”

所以他们继续向前走。

海床上有一个带着绿色的漩涡形的美丽的白色贝壳。内部甚至比之前那个更干净和光滑。但是螃蟹说：“不，不够好！”

“但它太美了！”海马说。螃蟹不同意，于是他们继续前进。

“你知道吗，”聪明的海马说，“你永远找不到最好的贝壳，因为那是不存在的。”

他们继续穿过珊瑚礁，突然一条大鱼出现了。倔强的螃蟹抓起最近的贝壳，把自己塞进去。鱼咬了咬贝壳，但它太难咬开了，所以鱼游走了。