患难朋友才是真正的朋友

Two friends were walking in the forest. One was thin and tall， and very bad too. The other was fat and short， and very honest. The tall man said to the short man， "We are good friends. If any beast comes at all， I'll help you." The short man said， "Of course， we are good friends. We will help each other."

两个朋友走在森林里，一个又高又瘦，而且非常坏。另一个又矮又胖，但他很忠诚老实。高男人对矮男人说：“我们是好朋友，如果有野兽来袭击我们，我会帮助你！”那个矮男人说：“那当然，我们是好朋友，我们会互相帮助。”

At that time， a bear came to them. The tall man climbed up the tree quickly to conceal himself in the branches and forgot his promise to the short man. But the fat man couldn't climb up the tree. He said to his friends， "Help me！ I can't climb up. Look！ The bear is coming！ The bear is coming！" The tall man said："No！No！No！ You can't stay with me. The tree is not strong."

就在这时候，一只熊向他们走来。高男人迅速地爬上了一棵树，他隐蔽在树叶里，他忘记了他对胖男人的承诺。但是矮男人不会爬树，他对他的朋友说：“救我！救我！我不会爬树。看，熊来了！”高的男人说：“不！不！不！你不能和我在一起，树不强壮！”

The bear was coming. The short man lay down below the tree， posing as dead and held his breath. The bear smelled around his body. It didn't touch the death.

熊来了，矮男人扑倒地上，屏住呼吸，假装死了。那熊闻了闻他，它不吃死的东西。

After the bear went away， the tall man came down and asked the fat man， "What did the bear whisper into your ears when it closed to you？" The short man answered： "The bear told me not to trust such selfish friend like you. And also said that a friend in need is really a friend indeed."

熊走了之后，高男人下来对矮的男人说：“刚才熊对你说了什么？” 矮男人说： “熊对我说，不要相信像你一样自私的人。还告诉我，患难朋友才是真正的朋友。”

Word Bank

forest ['rist] n.森林，林区，山林 beast [bi：st] n.动物；野兽

conceal [n'si：l] vt.隐藏，掩盖，隐蔽 pose[uz] v. 造成，形成；摆姿势 whisper ['wisp] vi. 耳语；密谈； vt. 低声说出

编者的话

什么是真正的朋友？同学们，通过这个故事，我们就能知道：真正的朋友不仅能在一起共享快乐，在困难的时候，还要互相帮助。好朋友就应该患难与共，让我们都真诚地对待自己的好朋友吧！