100个儿童英语小故事: The Frog and the Cow 青蛙和牛

 

088 The Frog and the Cow

Baby frogs went on a picnic in the woods. Getting out of the pond for the first time, they sang merrily.

Then, they found a cow grazing in a field. "Oh, my! What is that?" "It is huge!" All of them wondered what kind of animal it was. "Let's ask Daddy."

They returned home in a hurry and shouted, "Daddy, we saw a strange animal." "What kind of animal was it?"

"It had large horns on its head and its body was way bigger than you. Even if we all add up our power, we can not defeat that animal."

The father was curious what the animal looked like. "Really? Was it bigger than my stomach?" "Yes. Much bigger than that!"

The father frog blew up his stomach largely, "Well, now, I'm as big as the animal, right?" "No, you are as big as the animal's heel." The father puffed¹ himself up deeply and blew up his stomach enormously.

"How about now? Am I as big as the animal, huh?" "No, not even." Thinking he could not be outdone, the father frog puffed up his stomach even more.

The father frog's stomach was blown up as big as he could get. Right at that very moment, the father frog's stomach burst with a bang.

1 puffed   

adj.疏松的v.使喷出( puff的过去式和过去分词 )；喷着汽（或烟）移动；吹嘘；吹捧

参考例句：

• He lit a cigarette and puffed at it furiously. 他点燃了一支香烟，狂吸了几口。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He felt grown-up, puffed up with self-importance. 他觉得长大了，便自以为了不起。 来自《简明英汉词典》