李明娟

There is a little crab that is always sad and he is wondering1 why. Every day，his day is the same. Every day， he does the same thing. But the biggest question forhim is why he is always sad.

有一只小螃蟹總是很悲傷，它想知道這是為什么。每天，它的日子都是一樣的。每天，它都做同樣的事情。但對(duì)它來說最大的問題是為什么它總是悲傷。

One of the reasons why he thinks he is sad is because his life is a circle2which he thinks is boring and not interesting at all. He wakes up， eats breakfast andprepares to go to school. Then his school bus will pick him up at around 8：00 a.m.He sits at the exact3 same space where he has sat since his first day. Then theschool bus picks up other animals and they all go to school with each other.

它認(rèn)為自己很難過的原因之一是因?yàn)樗纳钍且粋€(gè)它覺得無聊且毫無意義的循環(huán)。它醒來，吃早餐，準(zhǔn)備上學(xué)。然后，校車會(huì)在早上8 點(diǎn)左右來接它，它坐在與前一天坐的那個(gè)完全相同的座位上。然后校車再去接其它動(dòng)物，它們一起上學(xué)。

But the sad little crab does not have any friends. He can see that hisclassmates are always hanging out4 together. Still， he finds as well that they do notlike having him around. “But why is this so？”asked the sad little crab one day.“Why are they not playing with me？ Is it because I am sad？”The sad little crabdecided to find the cause5 of the problem.

但是悲傷的小螃蟹沒有什么朋友。它看到它的同學(xué)們總是在一起玩。盡管如此，它也發(fā)現(xiàn)它們不喜歡和它一起玩?！暗珵槭裁磿?huì)這樣呢？”一天，悲傷的小螃蟹問，“它們?yōu)槭裁床缓臀彝婺兀渴且驗(yàn)槲液鼙瘋麊?？”悲傷的小螃蟹決定找出問題的原因。

The very next day， the sad little crab broke his everyday practices. When hegot up that morning， he prepared himself first before eating his breakfast. Whilewaiting for his school bus he tried to find ways to have fun. He tried running andjumping around， but it was not really something that he had fun of. At 8：00 a.m.， hisschool bus arrived.

就在第二天，這只悲傷的小螃蟹打破了日常習(xí)慣。那天早上起床時(shí)，它在吃早餐前先做好了準(zhǔn)備。在等校車時(shí)，它想辦法找點(diǎn)樂子。它試著四處奔跑和跳躍，但那并不是它真正感興趣的事情。早上8 點(diǎn)，校車到了。

He chose another seat this time and sat beside a friendly looking mouse. Hespoke to the mouse and asked for his name. “My name is Terry，”said the mouseand he was very happy to be around the crab. So the sad little crab for once had alittle smile on his face for a new friend.

這次它選擇了另一個(gè)座位，坐在了一只笑容親切的老鼠旁邊。它開口對(duì)老鼠說話，詢問它的名字?！拔医刑乩??！崩鲜笳f，它很高興能和小螃蟹坐在一起。于是，這只悲傷的小螃蟹因?yàn)橛辛诵屡笥涯樕辖K于露出了一絲微笑。

When the bus arrived at school， the two new friends went on their own ways.“Lets see each other in break time，”they said to one another. When break timecame， the mouse looked for the sad little crab. And the sad little crab looked at themouse as well， and he planned to share stories of their discussion6.

當(dāng)校車到達(dá)學(xué)校時(shí)，兩個(gè)新朋友各奔東西?！拔覀?cè)谛菹r(shí)間再見吧?！彼鼈兓ハ嗾f道。休息時(shí)間到了，老鼠四處尋找那只悲傷的小螃蟹。悲傷的小螃蟹也看向老鼠，它打算分享它們談?wù)摰氖隆?/p>

The sad little crab is doing just fine. But Terry the Mouse is so much better， as he isat the top of his class and the strongest of the mice，too. While Terry is talking abouthow he lead7 his team to win the math challenge8， the sad little crab turned his backaround and walked out. He never came back to hear the end of the story. Terry did notreally mind9 as he thought that maybe the sad little crab was just not feeling well. So hewent on his way back to his classroom and spent his day how he usually does.

這只悲傷的小螃蟹學(xué)習(xí)不錯(cuò)。但老鼠特里的學(xué)習(xí)比它好得多，它在班上名列前茅，也是老鼠中最強(qiáng)壯的。當(dāng)特里談?wù)撍绾螏ьI(lǐng)自己的團(tuán)隊(duì)贏得數(shù)學(xué)挑戰(zhàn)賽時(shí)，悲傷的小螃蟹轉(zhuǎn)過身走了出去，再也沒有回來聽完故事的結(jié)尾。特里并不在意，因?yàn)樗J(rèn)為這只悲傷的小螃蟹也許只是身體不太舒服。于是，它回到自己的教室，像往常一樣度過了一天。

When the sad little crab got to the classroom， he went to one of the cats. Hemade fun of Terry in front of them and he copied how he was telling his story. Thecats laughed and the little crab thought， “Oh， now I have new friends that are near，so I will forget about Terry！ ”

當(dāng)悲傷的小螃蟹回到教室時(shí)，它走到一只小貓的身邊。它當(dāng)著那些貓的面取笑特里，模仿它講故事的方式。小貓們大笑起來，小螃蟹想：“哦，現(xiàn)在我有新朋友，所以我會(huì)忘記特里！”

On the way home， in the bus， the sad little crab sat with the cats. They werelaughing really hard because of the stories that he was telling them. The bad thingabout this is that the sad little crab was making stories about Terry to look good tothe cats.

在回家的路上，在校車?yán)?，悲傷的小螃蟹和小貓們坐在一起。因?yàn)楸瘋男◇π方o它們講了很多故事，它們笑得很開心。糟糕的是，這只悲傷的小螃蟹為了取悅小貓們，編造了關(guān)于特里的那些故事。

When Terry heard it， he got angry. He told the sad little crab that what he wasdoing was not right. Terry told the carb that he had already known why he wasalways sad. Because he was keeping on saying things behind the back of his friends.The sad little crab was surprised. He did not know he was hurting other peoplesfeelings. He said sorry and told Terry that he thought what he had done was to makenew friends， for he felt bad. “Just dont do it again，”said Terry， “and you will behappier for sure.”From that day on， the sad little crab was no longer sad. He startedmaking more friends with true heart and he was much happier.

特里聽到后很生氣，它告訴悲傷的小螃蟹，它這樣做是不對(duì)的。特里告訴螃蟹，自己已經(jīng)知道為什么它總是不開心了，這是因?yàn)樗偸窃诒澈笳f朋友的壞話。悲傷的小螃蟹很驚訝。它不知道自己在傷害別人的感情。它向特里道歉，并告訴特里說，它以為自己所做的只是結(jié)交新朋友，因?yàn)樗杏X不開心?！皠e再那樣做了?！碧乩镎f，“你肯定會(huì)更快樂的?！睆哪翘炱穑瘋男◇π肪筒辉俦瘋?。

它開始真心結(jié)交更多的朋友，感覺快樂多了。

▏Notes

1. wonder. 想知道；好奇

2. circle. 循環(huán)；圈子

3. exact. 確切的；精確的

4. hang out 閑逛；一起玩

5. cause. 原因；起因

6. discussion. 討論；談話

7. lead. 引領(lǐng)；帶路

8. challenge. 挑戰(zhàn)；難題

9. mind介意；在意