青，取之于蓝而青于蓝；冰，水为之而寒于水英文版伊索寓言故事之猴子王 The Monkey King 猴子王 All the animals are gathered in the forest. There is going to be a dance contest to pick the king. 一天森林里所有的动物都聚集在一起他们想通过一场跳舞比赛来挑选‘森林’ Fox: Everyone gets a chance to dance. The best dancer will become the king. 狐狸：每个人都有跳舞的机会，谁的舞跳得，谁就可以当上‘森林’ Rabbit: Who will be the judge? 兔子：谁来做裁判呢？ Fox: All of us, of course. We will pick the best dancer. 狐狸：当然使我们大家啦我们要选出跳舞跳得的动物 Bear: That sounds interesting. I hope I get picked. I want to become the king. 熊：听上去蛮有意思的。
我希望我能被选上我想当‘森林’ Rabbit: Not a chance! You’re a terrible dancer. I saw you dance before. Forget it. 兔子：别做梦了！你的舞跳得糟透了我见过你跳舞，你算了吧！ Bear: Oh, yeah! Well, you’ll be surprised. I have been practicing. 熊：是吗？那一会大吃一惊的我一直在练习 Rabbit: Okay. We’ll see about that later. 兔子：好吧，我们等着瞧 Fox: Quiet, ladies and gentlemen! Everybody ready? Let’s start then. Mr. Duck, you go first. Go ahead. Dance! 狐狸：大家安静！女士们，先生们！大家都准备好了吗？我们开始啦！鸭子先生，你先来请上台来跳舞！ Duck: Okay. Let’s go! 鸭子：好啦，我开始跳啦！ Mr. Duck dances to the disco. He shakes his bottom from left to right. It looks so funny. All the animals laugh. 鸭子先生跳的是迪斯科。
他左右摇摆着*样子看上去滑稽极了所有的动物都哈哈大笑 Rabbit: Look at Mr. Duck! Look at him dance! Oh, my, my… 兔子：看看鸭子先生！看他跳舞的样子！哦，我的天啊… Bear: What is he doing? It is so funny. I can’t help laughing. Ah ha ha. 熊：他干嘛呢？太好玩了笑死我了，哈哈哈… Fox： Thank you, Mr. Duck. You did well. You may sit down now. Next is Mr. Turtle. Go ahead. 狐狸：谢谢你，鸭子先生，你跳的很好现在你可以坐下了下一位是乌龟先生 The music is played and Mr. Turtle starts to dance. The music is slow just like Mr. Turtle. Mr. Turtle just moves back and forth. 音乐声响起，乌龟先生开始跳舞音乐的节奏和乌龟先生的动作一样缓慢乌龟先生只是随着音乐前后摇摆着。
Rabbit: What is Mr. Turtle doing? It’s too boring. He is no good. 兔子：乌龟先生在干什么？真无聊不行，他跳得一点也不好 Bear: The music is too slow. It’s no fun. 熊：音乐的节奏太慢了一点儿也不好玩 Fox： Thank you, Mr. Turtle. You may go in now. Who’s next? Oh yes, Mr. Bear. It’s your turn. 狐狸：谢谢你，乌龟先生你可以下来了下一个是谁？哦，对了，是熊先生轮到你啦 Bear: Thank you, Mr. Fox. I’ll try my best. Music please! One, two, cha, cha, cha. Three, four, cha, cha, cha. 熊：谢谢你，狐狸先生，我会努力的放音乐！一、二，恰恰恰三、四，恰恰恰 All of the animals are surprised. Mr. Bear dances the Cha Cha. It seems like Mr. Bear has been practicing a lot. 所有的动物都很吃惊。
熊先生居然会跳恰恰舞看样子他是有备而来的 Fox: Bravo, Mr. Bear! That was great! Next is Miss Rabbit. Give a big hand for Miss Rabbit. 狐狸：太棒了，熊先生！真是太精彩了！下面有请兔子小姐让我们为兔子小姐热烈鼓掌 Everyone claps their hands. Miss Rabbit starts dancing to a cheery tune. Her dance is very cute. 动物们都在鼓掌兔子小姐随着轻快地节奏翩翩起舞她跳舞的样子非常可爱 Fox: Thank you, Miss Rabbit. That was really cute. 狐狸：谢谢你，兔子小姐你跳得美极了 Bear: You were very good, Miss Rabbit. You’ll win for sure. 熊：你跳得真好，兔子小姐你赢定了 Rabbit: I don’t think so, Mr. Bear. You were better. 兔子：我不这么想，熊先生。
我觉得还是你跳得好 Fox: Our final dancer is Mr. Monkey. Okay. Go ahead. 狐狸：最后一位参赛选手是猴子先生好的，请猴子先生上场 Mr. Monkey dances to techno music. He is better than Miss Rabbit and Mr. Bear. He is the best dancer. Everyone picks Mr. Monkey. 猴子先生选择的是电子音乐他的表演比兔子小姐和熊先生还要精彩所有的动物都选猴子先生做‘森林’ Fox: Gather around everyone. A new king is born! Congratulations to Mr. Monkey! You are our NEW KING! 狐狸：请大家围成一圈，新的‘森林’诞生了！恭喜你猴子先生，你就是我们的新国王 Monkey: I knew it!!! I am the KING! You must all obey me from now on! 猴子：我就知道，我是国王！从现在开始你们都要听从我的命令。
All the animals are shocked at Mr. Monkey’s words. 猴子的话令所有的动物都感到震惊 Rabbit: What’s wrong with him? 兔子：他怎么了？ Bear: I don’t know. He must be crazy. 熊：不知道我想他一定是疯了 The Monkey King starts ordering the other animals around. 猴子国王开始对周围的动物发号施令 Monkey: Hey there, Bear. Get me something to eat. Rabbit, get me a drink. Turtle, fan me. Hey Fox, wash my feet. 猴子：喂，你这只熊，给我拿点吃的来兔子，帮我弄点喝的来乌龟，你给我扇扇子嘿，狐狸，给我洗脚 Every day, the Monkey King becomes more and more haughty. The other animals finally can’t take it anymore. 一天天，猴子国王变得越来越傲慢了。
其他的动物再也无法忍受了 Fox: Mr. Monkey wasn’t like this before. He used to be nice and humble. He has changed. We should teach him a lesson. 狐狸：猴子先生以前不是这样的他待人和气又谦逊现在他变了，我们该给他点教训 Bear: How do we do that? 熊：我们该怎么做呢？ Rabbit: I have an idea. 兔子：我有一个主意 Bear: What is it? 熊：什么主意？ The animals hear Miss Rabbit’s plan. They agree to go ahead with the plan. The next morning, Mr. Fox goes to the Monkey King. 动物们听了兔子小姐的计划，都表示愿意参加 第二天，狐狸先生来到猴子国王的住处 Fox: Monkey King, how are you today? 狐狸：猴子国王，你今天还好吗？ Monkey: Not bad. 猴子：不错。
Fox: Are you busy right now? 狐狸：你现在忙吗？ Monkey: No, I’m not. Why? 猴子：不忙怎么啦？ Fox: Well, I’ll take you to a nice place. 狐狸：噢，我想带你去一个好地方 Monkey: Really? Where is that? 猴子：真的吗？在哪儿？ Fox: It’s a secret. But there’s lots of delicious food there. Just follow me. All of the other animals are waiting for you. 狐狸：这是个秘密不过那儿有好多好吃的东西你只管跟着我其他所有的动物都在那儿等你呢 Monkey: Well then, let’s go. 猴子：好吧，我们走吧 The Monkey King follows Mr. Fox to a cave. 猴子国王跟着狐狸先生来到了一个山洞。