Story 31    The Thirsty Dog
  A dog is very thirsty. But he only sees some empty pails. There is no water in them. The dog goes on looking for water. He comes to a small house. There is a girl in it. The girl goes out with a pail. “She goes to a well,” the dog thinks and follows her. The dog is right. The girl comes to a well and puts down the pail, and the pail is full of water, there the girl goes back to her house.
  “ Water! Great!” the dog says and runs to the well. He jumps into the well without thought.”
 The water is good. The dog is happy and drinks much. But he can’t jump out of the well. He waits and waits. But no one comes. “I’m hungry now. I must go out,” he thinks.
  At the time a thirsty goat comes to the well. He looks at the water and the dog. “Is the water good?” the goat asks. “ Of course. Come down,” the dog says. Then the goat jumps into the well, too. Then dog is happy. He jumps on the goat’s back and jumps out of the well.
 The dog has a look at the goat and says, “Goodbye!” Then he leaves.

故事31  一只口渴的狗
  有一只狗口很渴，他只找到一些空空的水桶，里面沒(méi)有水。他繼續(xù)找水。他來(lái)到一座小房子前面。房子里住著一個(gè)小姑娘。小姑娘拎著只水桶出來(lái)了。 “她要去打水。”狗想道，并跟在她后面。果然不錯(cuò)，小姑娘來(lái)到一口井邊，把水桶放入井里，水桶水滿了。然后小姑娘回去了。
 “水！太好了！”狗叫著跑過(guò)去。他想也沒(méi)想就跳下井去了。
井水真的不錯(cuò)。狗可高興了。喝了許多水，但是他沒(méi)有辦法跳出來(lái)了。他等了好久，但是沒(méi)有人來(lái)。 “我餓了，我得出去。”他想著。
 這時(shí)候一只口渴的山羊到井邊來(lái)了，他看了看井水和這只狗。“這水好和嗎？”山羊問(wèn)狗：“當(dāng)然了�？煜聛�(lái)吧。“狗回答說(shuō)。于是山羊也跳到井里了。狗高興極了。他跳上山羊的背，又跳出了水井。
 狗看了一眼山羊說(shuō)聲：“再見(jiàn)。”就跑開(kāi)了。