Sheru, the king of jungle1, died one day, and now the animals in the jungledid not have a king. There was no discipline2 in the jungle. All animalsfollowed their own rules. Some animals began to say that when king was there,everything was well. Now it was difficult to live in the jungle. If any outsidercame to attack3, what would happen?
有一天,叢林之王謝魯死了,現(xiàn)在叢林中的動(dòng)物們沒有國王了。叢林里沒有紀(jì)律。所有的動(dòng)物都遵循自己的規(guī)則。一些動(dòng)物開始說,當(dāng)國王還在的時(shí)候,一切都很好?,F(xiàn)在在叢林中生活很困難。如果有外人來攻擊,會(huì)發(fā)生什么?
Bholu bear came ahead with an idea. He said to the animals, “We canhold an election4, to select5 our king.”All of them agreed with Bholu bear, butthe problem was that everyone thought themselves as a king. Pihu peacockthought of a way out and said, “Whoever wants to stand for election has to dosome allotted6 work in a timely and good manner.”Everyone agreed with Pihu.
狗熊博魯想出了一個(gè)主意。他對(duì)動(dòng)物們說:“我們可以舉行選舉,選出我們的國王?!彼麄兌纪夤沸懿?shù)闹饕猓珕栴}是每個(gè)人都認(rèn)為他們自己是國王??兹钙ず肓藗€(gè)辦法,說:“誰想?yún)⒓痈?jìng)選,就要及時(shí)、出色地完成一些指定的工作?!贝蠹叶纪馄ず囊庖姟?/p>
Every applicant7 was given work according to their skill. Robin fox wasgiven the job to clear the dust from the forest. Monu monkey was asked to clearthe spider webs. Ghanu elephant was given the job to fill the holes in the groundwith stones. Renu rabbit was asked to clean the grass around the trees.
每個(gè)申請(qǐng)(成為國王的)人都根據(jù)自己的技能被分配了工作。狐貍羅賓被分配了清掃森林塵土的工作。猴子莫努被要求清理蜘蛛網(wǎng)。大象加努被派去用石頭填平地上的洞。兔子雷努被要求清理樹周圍的草地。
Few days passed. All the animals and birds gathered to see the progress.Renu, Monu and Robin had completed their work. But Ghanu elephant did notput stones in the hole. The question was raised about whose work was to becelebrated. Renu rabbit came up with an idea, and let animals vote8 for theseapplicants. Whoever got the maximum9 votes would be their next king.
幾天過去了。所有的動(dòng)物和鳥類都聚集在一起看看進(jìn)展。雷努、莫努和羅賓已經(jīng)完成了他們的工作。但大象加努并沒有把石頭放進(jìn)洞里。有人提出了誰的工作值得贊頌的問題。兔子雷努想出了一個(gè)主意,讓動(dòng)物們投票給這些申請(qǐng)人。誰得票最多,誰就是他們的下一任國王。
The next day, all the animals gathered together to vote. Voting wascompleted nicely, and the vote counting started. Ghanu was ahead in thecounting and secured10 more votes. Finally, Ghanu was declared11 as the winner.
第二天,所有的動(dòng)物聚集在一起投票。投票順利完成,計(jì)票工作開始了。加努在計(jì)票中領(lǐng)先,獲得了更多選票。最后,加努被宣布為獲勝者。
Everyone was surprised. At that time Eagle, the king of birds, said,“Youall are surprised how Ghanu elephant won? Correct! The reason is that everyday Ghanu brought stones near the hole according to his assignment12, but hesaw that the eagle’s eggs were in the hole. Ghanu gave up his wish to becomeking and saved the eagle’s egg by his caring act. As you know, in the junglethere are many birds. So Ghanu got the most votes and became the king of thejungle. Learning from Ghanu’s example, we the birds have decided to be kindto others, and to care for each other.”
大家都很驚訝。這時(shí),鳥王老鷹說:“你們都很驚訝大象加努是怎么贏的?沒錯(cuò)!原因是加努每天都按照他的任務(wù)把石頭帶到洞附近,但他看到鷹的蛋在洞里。加努放棄了成為國王的愿望,通過他的關(guān)愛拯救了鷹蛋。正如你們所知,叢林中有許多鳥。所以加努獲得了最多的選票,成為了叢林之王。向加努學(xué)習(xí),我們鳥類決定善待他人,相互關(guān)愛?!?/p>
After listening to this, everyone accepted Ghanu as the king. A simple actof kindness by Ghanu made him the leader by winning the hearts of hisfollowers.
聽了這些,大家都接受加努為國王。加努的一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的善舉贏得了追隨者的心,使他成為了領(lǐng)袖。