Some mischievous1 boys were playing on the edge of a pond, and, catching2 sight of some frogs swimming about in the shallow water, they began to amuse themselves by pelting3 them with stones, and they killed several of them. At last one of the frogs put his head out of the water and said, "Oh, stop! stop! I beg you: what is sport to you is death to us."

幾個(gè)淘氣的孩子在水池邊玩耍，淺水中正在游泳的幾只青蛙映入他們的眼簾，他們便用石頭去打青蛙，以此作為消遣娛樂(lè)。甚至于，他們還打死了幾只青蛙。最后，一只青蛙從水中伸出頭來(lái)，說(shuō)：“住手！住手！求你們不要再打了。對(duì)你們來(lái)說(shuō)，這是一個(gè)活動(dòng)，可是對(duì)于我們來(lái)說(shuō)，卻是致命一擊啊�！�