幼儿英语童话故事：不愿做国王的兔子

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     Nothing stirred on the African plains. The sun glared down and Hare crept inside the cool hollow of a baobab tree for his afternoon nap.
     Suddenly he was wide awake. There was a boom, boom, booming in his ears. And it was getting closer. Hare peeped out from the tree nervously. Across the clearing the bushes snapped and parted, and out loomed a huge gray shape.
     "Oh it"s you!" said Hare irritably. "How can a fellow sleep with all your racket?"
     The rhinoceros squinted down at him short-sightedly.
     "Greetings!" he bellowed in his slow way. "Tembo the elephant has sent me to fetch you to the waterhole. He"s going to tell us who our new king will be. All the animals have voted."
     "Oh fiddlesticks!" cried Hare rudely. "What do I want with a new king? He"ll bully us from morning till night and make our lives miserable."
     "Don"t you want to see who"s been chosen? asked Rhino.
     "I know already," snapped Hare. "It will be that sly old lion, Kali. He has bribed all the other animals and promised not to eat their children if only they will vote for him."
     Rhino didn"t seem to believe Hare, and in the end Hare said,
     "Oh very well, I"ll come. But you"ll see I"m right."

     The sun was setting as Hare and Rhino reached the water-hole. All the animals had gathered there - giraffes, hippos, antelope, buffalo, warthogs, zebras, aardvarks, hyenas, mongooses, storks and weaver birds. When Tembo the elephant saw that everyone was there, he threw up his trunk and trumpeted. "Animals of the plains, I am proud to tell you that Kali the lion will be our new king. It is a wise choice, my friends."
     The animals cheered. But Hare only sighed. "They"ll soon see what a horrible mistake they"ve made."
     Out on a rocky ledge above the water-hole strode Kali. He stared down at all his subjects and there was a wicked glint in his eye.
     "You"ve made me your king," he growled, "and so now you"ll serve me!" And then he roared until the animals trembled.
     "My first decree is that you must build a palace to shade my royal fur from the hot sun," said Kali. "I want it here beside the water-hole and I want it by sunset tomorrow.

     "My second decree is that every day you must bring me an animal for my supper. A king can"t do his own hunting."
     The animals nodded gloomily.
     "And my third decree is, if you don"t do as I say, I"ll eat the lot of you!"
     The animals now turned to one another in horror. They had thought a king would be wise and protect them. But Kali only wanted to bully and eat them. As darkness fell, the unhappy animals slunk away into the bush.

But at dawn they were back at the waterhole, hurrying to build Kali"s palace. There was much to do and little time.
     All through the heat of the day the animals lugged and labored. Elephants lifted tree trunks for the pillars, crocodiles brought mud for the walls, giraffes collected grasses that weaver birds wove for the roof. None dared stop for a moment. Only hare did nothing. He hid inside a tussock of oat grass and watched as the fine thatched house rose up beside the water-hole.
     The sun was just beginning to set as the weaver birds tied off the last knots in the soaring thatched roof. No sooner had they finished than Kali appeared. He prowled up and down his new kingdom swishing his tail while his subjects watched uneasily.
     "This is what I call a palace," he roared at last.
     The animals gave a sigh of relief. But all too soon, for in the next breath the lion snarled, "But where"s my supper? My belly"s rumbling. Bring me a juicy warthog."
     As soon as he heard this, Hare sneaked off home to his hollow in the baobab tree. "Didn"t I tell them?" he said to himself. "Didn"t I say that making Kali king would mean big trouble? And would anyone listen?"
     And so it was that every day afterwards one of the animals was chosen to be Kali"s supper. One day it was an impala. Another it was a zebra. Next it was a gazelle.
     One day though it was Hare"s turn. Tembo caught him unawares as he was grazing on the plains. The great elephant seized him in his trunk and carried him kicking and screaming to Kali"s palace.
     "It"s not fair!" shrieked Hare. "I didn"t even vote for Kali. I told you it was a bad idea to have a king."

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     But Tembo wouldn"t listen. He was thinking of his own children. They would be safe, but only if he could find other animals for Kali to gobble up.
     Outside Kali"s palace Hare stood shaking and cringing. He had to think of something fast. "Maybe I can escape by jumping in the water-hole," he said. But when he looked down and saw his own reflection shivering on the pool"s surface, he stopped in his tracks. Already Kali had spotted him.

"Come inside, Hare!" roared the lion. "I can"t wait to eat the only one who didn"t vote for me."
     But Hare didn"t move. He felt braver now and he called back, "But Majesty," he wheedled. "I am very confused. I can see two kings. Please tell me, which of you is to eat me?"
     "TWO KINGS!" snapped Kali angrily. "What do you mean two kings?" In one bound he was breathing down on Hare.
     "Well, there"s you Majesty," stammered Hare, "and there"s that other one down there." Hare pointed down into the water-hole.
     Kali looked and Kali saw. What - another lion?

"I"ll have no rivals!" cried the cruel one, and at once he leaped on the other lion. Down into the pool sank Kali as he tried to grab his enemy. Soon the waters closed over him, and he was gone.
     "You"ve killed our king," said Tembo the elephant in amazement.
     "No I didn"t," said Hare. "Anyone could see that he jumped into the water-hole all by himself. Besides, you didn"t think I was going to stand here and be eaten did you? That would be as foolish as choosing a bully for a king!" And with that he ran away, before anyone else could think of eating him.
     "Whew! That WAS a close shave," said Hare from the safety of his baobab tree. "But I"ll bet those silly animals will send old rhino round to ask ME to be the king. Some people never learn."
     And so it happened. Just as Hare was dropping off to sleep, there was a boom, boom, booming across the plains. "Oh no!" he sighed. "Why am I always right?" He flattened his ears, closed his eyes tighter and pretended to snore. "Anyone can see I"m much too busy to be king. Much, much too busy..."
                                                                        不愿做国王的兔子
       没有吵闹的非洲平原。太阳下山来，海尔悄悄降温内对他的午睡猴面包树的空洞。
     突然，他当时没有睡。有一个繁荣，繁荣，在他的耳边蓬勃发展。它是越来越近。野兔偷看从树紧张。在整个清理树丛断裂分手，并指出际隐现形成一个巨大的灰色。
     “哦，你！”黑尔说，不耐烦。 “如何才能与所有的球拍同胞睡觉？”
     眯起眼睛向下的犀牛在他短视。
     “您好！”他吼叫，他缓慢地。 “大象滕博派我来接你的水潭。他会告诉我们谁是我们的新国王将。所有的动物都投了赞成票。”
     “哦，唉！”兔粗暴地叫道。 “我怎么想的新国王？他会欺负从早到晚我们，使我们的生活悲惨。”
     “你不希望看到谁在被选择？问犀牛。
     “我知道了，”抢购哈瑞。 “这将是狡猾的老狮子，卡里。收买他所有其他的动物，并承诺不要吃他们的子女，只要他们会投他的票。”
     犀牛似乎并不相信野兔，并最终野兔说，
     “哦，非常好，我会来的。但是你会看到我是对的。”

太阳落山的野兔和犀牛达成的水孔。所有的动物都聚集在那里-长颈鹿，河马，羚羊，水牛，疣猪，斑马，土豚，土狼，猫鼬，鹳和织布鸟。当滕博大象看到大家都在那里，他抛出了自己的鼻子和宣传。 “平埔族动物，我很自豪地告诉你，卡里的狮子将是我们的新国王。这是一个明智的选择，我的朋友。”
     动物的欢呼。但是，兔只叹了一口气。 “他们很快就会看到一个可怕的错误，他们所做的。”
     出在水面窜动洞大步卡里。他活在所有的学科，有一个邪恶的眼睛里闪烁。
     “你使我的国王，”他咆哮着，“所以现在你会为我！”然后，他吼道，直到动物发抖。
     “我的第一个法令是，你必须建立一个宫殿的阴影我从皇家毛皮烈日说：”卡里。 “我想这里边的水，洞，我想明天的日落。

“2”

     “我的第二个法令是，每天你必须给我为我的晚饭动物。一个国王不能做自己的狩猎。”
     沮丧的动物点头。
     “而我的第三项法令是，如果你不听我的话，我会吃很多你！”
     现在的动物转向另一种惊恐。他们以为国王将是明智和保护他们。但是卡利只是想样样吃。夜幕降临时，不愉快的动物偷偷消失在丛林。

但在黎明，他们在水潭回，加紧建设卡里的宫殿。有很多事要做，只有很少时间。
     所有通过一天的动物和拖着吃力热量。大象调升了支柱树干，鳄鱼带来的墙壁泥土，长颈鹿草收集鸟类的织织屋顶。没人敢站了一会儿。只有兔子没有采取任何。他躲在里面的燕麦草草丛和优良的茅草屋旁边的玫瑰水，洞，观看。
     太阳刚刚开始设置为关闭的飙升茅草屋顶上结平了织鸟。他们刚刚完成比卡里出现。他向上和向下游荡他的新王国捉着他的尾巴，而不安地看着他的臣民。
     “这就是我所说的宫殿，”他吼道最后。
     这些动物了一口气。但是，所有太快，在未来气息的狮子吼道，“但是，在我的晚饭？我的肚子的隆隆。请给我多汁的Warthog。”
     当他听到这个消息，海尔偷偷地回家他在猴面包树的空洞。 “我不是告诉他们？”他对自己说。 “我不是说，把卡里国王将意味着大麻烦？而且会有人听吗？”
     因此，这就是后来每天的动物之一被选为卡里的晚饭。有一天，这是一个黑斑羚。另一种是斑马。下一步这是瞪羚。
     有一天，尽管这是海尔的转变。滕博抓到他措手不及，因为他在平地放牧。伟大的大象抓住他在自己的鼻子和抬着他踢和尖叫到Kali的宫殿。
     “这不公平！”尖叫兔。 “我什至没有投票卡里。我告诉你这是一个坏主意，有一个国王。”

“3”

     但滕博不听。他想的是他自己的孩子。他们将是安全的，但如果他能找到卡利其他动物吞噬。
     外卡里的宫殿野兔站在动摇和畏缩。他不得不思考的东西很快。 “也许我可以逃避跳水，洞，”他说。但是，当他低头看到自己的反思池表面的发抖，他又在自己的踪迹。已经发现了他的卡里。

“来吧内，野兔！”咆哮的狮子。 “我不能等待吃只有谁不投我一票。”
     但黑尔没有动。他觉得自己勇敢了，他现在叫回来，“但是陛下，”他wheedled。 “我非常困惑。我看到两个国王。请告诉我，你是哪吃我吗？”
     “两个国王！”断裂卡里愤怒。 “你是什么意思两个国王？”在约束他的呼吸兔向下。
     “嗯，有你陛下，”野兔结结巴巴地说，“而且有其他一那里。”黑尔指出，分解成水孔。
     卡利看上去和卡里看到。什么-另一个狮子？

“我没有对手！”残酷一叫道，并在一旦他对其他狮子跳。下到池中沉没卡里，他试图抓住他的敌人。不久，水域关闭了他，他已经走了。
     “你杀死我们的国王说：”在惊讶滕博大象。
     “不，我没有，”黑尔说。 “任何人都可以看到，他跳入水中洞由他本人所有。另外，你没有想到我会站在这里，和你吃？这将是像选择一个愚蠢的国王欺负！”和他逃走前，其他人都认为他吃。
     “哇！这是一个死里逃生，”黑尔说，从他的猴面包树的安全。 “但我敢打赌那些愚蠢的动物，将派遣老犀牛轮叫我是国王。有些人永远学不会。”
     因此，它发生。正如海尔的落客睡觉，有一个蓬勃发展，繁荣，在平原蓬勃发展。 “哦，不！”他叹了口气。 “为什么我永远是对的？”他扁平他的耳朵，闭上了眼睛，故作紧张打鼾。 “任何人都可以看到我太忙碌，当国王。很多，太忙碌...” 手工材料