One day a little ant was walking along the bank of a stream. His foot slipped and he fell into the water. “Oh, help, help!” cried the ant. A dove was sitting on a branch of a tree over the stream and heard his cry of help. “Oh, poor ant!” said the dove. “I will help the ant.”
The dove pulled off a leaf and dropped it near the ant. “Here is a leaf. Climb on it,” said the dove. The ant climbed on it at once and floated to the bank.
A few days after this a hunter found the dove and was going to shoot her. Just then the ant passed by and said to himself, “This time I must help the dove.” The ant ran to the hunter and bit his foot hard. The hunter sprang up and missed to shoot the dove. The dove said to the ant, “Thank you very much, my little friend. You have saved my life,” and she could fly away happily.
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一天,一只小蚂蚁是沿著河岸散步的一条小溪。他的脚滑了一跤,他掉进了水里。“哦,救命啊!救命啊!“哭了蚂蚁。一只鸽子就坐在一棵树的树枝上,过河,又听见他的声音的帮助。“哦,可怜的蚂蚁。“鸽子说。“我将帮助蚂蚁。”
鸽子撕下了一片树叶,掉在蚂蚁。“这是一片叶子上。爬到它,“鸽子说。蚂蚁爬上漂浮在一次,去银行了。
几天后这一个猎人发现了鸽子,正准备拍她。这时蚂蚁经过,自言自语地说:“这一次我必须帮助鸽子。“蚂蚁扑向猎人,并发狠地咬他。猎人跳起来,错过了去拍鸽子。鸽子对蚂蚁说:“非常感谢你,我的朋友。你救了我的命,”,她可以飞去了快乐。
