One morning， the block1 came out in the middle of the forest. It was a hugeblock of ice. It is as tall as a tree， and as big as a hundred elephants. What’s more，it was so cold that no one wanted to go near. But the animals could see thewonderful treasure2 in it. The treasure looked very beautiful. The Lion King said， ifanyone could get it out， that animal would be the next king.

So all the animals lost their dislike3 of the cold and went close to the block.They tried very hard to get the treasure out. Well， everyone except for4 the weasel5.The weasel stood there and looked at the block. The other animals ran here andthere. They made a lot of noise， and piled6 on top of each other.

The elephant was using his trunk7 as a hammer8， but finally hit the gorilla9.The two later had to go to hospital. The tiger was using his claws10 like a hammerdrill11， but they got stuck12 in the ice. When he finally pulled them out， the clawsbroke off. Several gazelles13 found out that the block was made of cold water. Theytried to lick14 the block away. But the water was very cold. They got astomachache15. The monkeys decided to destroy16 the block. They threw bananasand stones fast and heavily. But they hit many other animals. They had to stop.

And so it went on. All the animals tried to break the block. They used force17from day to night， but didn’t make it. They found it was slowing down. If they keptdoing so， it would take them more than a week.

一天早上，一塊物體出現(xiàn)在森林中央。那是一塊巨大的冰塊。它有一棵樹(shù)那么高，有一百頭大象那么大。而且，它太寒冷了，沒(méi)有人愿意靠近。但是動(dòng)物們能看到冰塊里有奇妙的寶藏。寶藏看起來(lái)漂亮極了。獅子王說(shuō)，如果有人能把它弄出來(lái)，那只動(dòng)物就是下一任國(guó)王。

因此，所有的動(dòng)物都不再厭惡寒冷，靠近了冰塊。它們非常努力地想把寶藏弄出來(lái)。唔，鼬是個(gè)例外。那只鼬站在那里，注視著冰塊。其它動(dòng)物跑來(lái)跑去，它們發(fā)出了許多噪音，互相擠成一堆。

大象把鼻子當(dāng)做錘子，但最終打中了大猩猩。兩人后來(lái)不得不去醫(yī)院治療。老虎把爪子當(dāng)成錘鉆使用，但它們卡在了冰里。當(dāng)它終于把它們拔出來(lái)時(shí)，爪子斷了。幾只瞪羚意識(shí)到這塊冰是由冷水凍結(jié)而成的。它們?cè)噲D舔化冰塊。但水很冷，它們開(kāi)始肚子疼。猴子們決定搗毀這塊冰，它們又快又狠地朝它投擲香蕉和石頭。但它們打中了許多其它的動(dòng)物，不得不停下來(lái)。

事情就這樣發(fā)展下去。所有的動(dòng)物都試圖打破這塊冰。它們從白天到黑夜不停使用蠻力，但都沒(méi)有成功。它們發(fā)現(xiàn)進(jìn)展緩慢，如果繼續(xù)這樣做，還需要一個(gè)多星期的時(shí)間才能達(dá)到目的。

▏Notes

1. block 一塊；物體

2. treasure 金銀財(cái)寶；珍寶

3. dislike 反感；不喜歡的事物. 不喜歡

4. except for 除了；除去

5. weasel 鼬；黃鼠狼

6. pile 堆疊；擁擠

7. trunk 象鼻；樹(shù)干

8. hammer 錘子

9. gorilla 大猩猩

10. claw 動(dòng)物、鳥(niǎo)、昆蟲(chóng)的爪

11. hammer drill 錘鉆

12. stuck 卡住的

13. gazelle 瞪羚

14. lick 舔

15. stomachache 胃痛；肚子痛

16. destroy 摧毀

17. force 武力