The Monkey And The Fishermen

孟炎炎

猴子和渔夫

Once upon a time， there lived a monkey inthewoods. Themonkeyclimbedupthetreeand looked down at the river everyday.

One day， the monkey saw fishermen throwa net over the river. He watched how the fisher-men caught fish.

Sometime after， the fishermen left the netandwenttohavelunch. Then，themonkeyclimbed down from the tree and went to the riv-erside. The monkey was planning to throw thenet like the fishermen did.

The monkey wasconfidentsince he wasgoodatimitating. Yet，thenetwoundaroundthe monkey when he touched it. Tied up in thenet， the monkey fell into the water.

The monkey regretted his behavior， but itwas too late.“I should have learned how to usethe net before touching it. After believing myprowess and showing off， I am in a bad fix.”Themonkeywhodidnotbehavecarefullydrowned in the water.

从前，树林里有一只猴子。每天猴子都会爬上树看下面的小河。

一天，猴子看见渔夫们在河上扔了一个网。他看着渔夫怎么捕鱼。

过了一会后，渔民把网放下后吃午饭去了。然后，猴子迅速从树上爬下来跑到河边。猴子决定模仿渔民的样子撒网。

猴子很自信，因为他擅长模仿。但是当猴子抓网的时候网正好缠着了。于是猴子緊紧地抓着网，掉进了水里。

猴子对自己的行为感到很后悔，但为时已晚。“我应该学会撒网后再碰网的。过于相信自己的能力，才落得如此下场。”最后猴子被淹死了。