大家好，我是Fiona老师。
今天我们的英语阅读系列要阅读的文章是The Lion and The Hare 狮子和野兔。
狮子和野兔之间会发生什么样的事情呢，它们又会有着怎么样的故事呢？
Once in a forest there lived a lion who was very proud of his strength. He would kill any animal which came in his way just for fun. All the animals in the forest were worried about their survival.
“If the lion keeps this up, none of us will be left in the forest," said the bear.
“He kills much more than he really needs to," squeaked the little hare.
“We have to come up with something to stop this massacre," said the monkey. So they all joined together and went to meet the lion.
“O king of the forest, we have come to make a small request," they all said to the lion.
“Now what would that be?" asked the amused lion.
“You are the king of the forest, but soon there will be no animals to rule over. So we beg you to stop this unreasonable killing and we promise that one of us will come to you everyday for your food," pleaded all the animals with the lion.
So from that day, the animals drew lots to decide on who was to go to the lion as his prey.
One day, the lots fell on the hare to visit the lion. All the animals consoled him and sent him on his way to meet his doom. But the hare was a clever animal. He did not want to die at the hands of the cruel lion. He saw an old well on the way. It was very deep and was a danger for all the animals. He thought of a plan.
The little hare went to sleep near the well all day. In the evening, he made his way to the lion's den. The lion was terribly hungry by then and when he saw a tiny hare coming towards him, he became furious.
“You little thing, how dare you come so late? How dare they send such a small animal? I will kill them all," the angry lion roared.
“It is not my fault, O mighty lion. There were three other hares with me. But on the way here, another lion attacked us. I just managed to escape. The other three hares were eaten by that lion,"said the hare.
“What? Another lion in my jungle? Take me to him immediately," said the lion in a fit of rage.
The hare took the lion to the well and pointed it out to him from a distance. The other lion jumped out at us from inside the well when we tried to drink some water from the well. The lion rushed angrily to the well and peeped in.
There inside the well he could see another lion glaring at him. What the foolish lion did not realise in his anger was that he was looking at his reflection. He roared angrily at the other lion. He heard an answering roar.
It was only the echo of his own roar. But the lion thought that the other lion was challenging him. He jumped in and landed inside with a loud splash. And that was the end of the wicked lion.
从前，在森林里住着一头狮子，它为它的力量感到骄傲。为了好玩，他会杀死任何闯进来的动物。森林里所有的动物都担心它们的性命。
熊说：“如果狮子继续这样做，我们都不会留在森林里。”
“他杀死的比他真正需要的要多得多，”小野兔吱吱地叫道。
“我们必须想出办法阻止这场大屠杀。”猴子说。所以他们都联合起来去见狮子。
“森林之王，我们来做一个小小的请求，”他们都对狮子说。
“现在这是干什么？”有趣的狮子问道。
“你是森林之王，但很快就没有动物可以统治了。所以我们恳求你们停止这种不合理的杀戮，我们保证我们中的一个每天都会送来给你的食物。
从那天起，动物们就抽签决定谁去狮子做他的猎物。
有一天，到了野兔去见狮子了。所有的动物安慰他，并派他去迎接他的厄运。但是野兔是一种聪明的动物。他不想死在残忍的狮子手中。他在路上看到一口老井。它非常深，对所有动物都是危险的。他想出了一个计划。
小兔一整天在井边睡觉。晚上，他来到狮子窝。这时狮子饿得要命，当他看到一只小野兔向他走来时，他怒不可遏。
“小家伙，你怎么敢来这么晚？他们怎么敢送这么小的动物？“我会杀了他们，”愤怒的狮子吼道。
“这不是我的错，伟大的狮子。还有三只野兔和我在一起。但是在路上，另一头狮子袭击了我们。我勉强逃走了。另外三只野兔被那只狮子吃掉了。
“什么？我丛林里的另一只狮子？“马上带我去见他，”狮子怒气冲冲地说。
兔子把狮子带到井里，远远地向他指了指。当我们试图从井里喝一些水时，另一只狮子从井里向我们扑来。狮子怒气冲冲地向井冲去，偷偷地看了看。
在井里，他能看到另一头狮子怒视着他。愚蠢的狮子在愤怒中没有意识到他在看他的倒影。他愤怒地对着另一头狮子吼叫。他听到一个应答的吼声。
这只是他自己吼叫的回声。但是狮子认为另一只狮子正在挑战他。他跳了进来，砰地一声摔了进去。这就是邪恶的狮子的结局。
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